Meilensteine der Rechentechnik.Bd.1
Mechanische Rechenmaschinen, Rechenschieber, historische Automaten und wissenschaftliche Instrumente
The award-winning work Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing is available in the second, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. The two volumes, which comprise 1600 pages in total, are a complete work, but can also be used individually. This...
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The award-winning work Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing is available in the second, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. The two volumes, which comprise 1600 pages in total, are a complete work, but can also be used individually. This publication deals with both analog and digital devices and includes related areas such as automata (e. g. automaton figures and musical automatons) and scientific instruments (e. g. astronomy, surveying, watchmaking). Early typewriters and program-controlled mechanical looms are also touched on. The focal points of the first volume are: Basics, mechanical calculating machines, slide rules, historical automatons, development of arithmetic, step-by-step instructions for analog and digital calculators. All important technical terms are explained. The world's most magnificent cylindrical calculating machines and androids are presented in words and pictures. The book also contains fundamental considerations on topics such as digitization and artificial intelligence, the role of technological history and the preservation of technical heritage.
The second volume is mainly devoted to the electronic machines: Invention of the computer, worldwide development of computing technology, especially in Germany, England and Switzerland. It also includes a German-English and an English-German technical dictionary. The glossaries are intended to promote the reading of complicated foreign-language texts and facilitate translations. In addition, there is a comprehensive worldwide bibliography.
Both volumes report on sensational new discoveries of documents and objects (including the world's largest mass-produced cylindrical slide rule, the world's smallest mechanical parallel calculator, the first mechanical process calculator) and are also suitable as reference works. They are generally understandable and are aimed at everyone who enjoys history of technology, mathematics, computer science and art.
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Quotes on the first edition
Steven Deckelman (Mathematical Association of America, August 2016):
"This impressive new book by Herbert Bruderer is an extensive in-depth scholarly history of mathematics and computer science with a focus on computing technology in German lands. This book is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of mathematics and computer science as well engineering (especially mechanical and electrical), technology and the history of science."
Thomas Sonar (Mathematical Semesterberichte, March 2017):
"With this book, the author Herbert Bruderer has actually written a milestone in the history of technology, which should not be missing in any library. Herbert Bruderer has presented a work that will certainly quickly establish itself as a standard work and classic."
Rainer Gebhardt (Jahrbuch des Adam-Ries-Bund, 2016):
"All in all, the work represents a very well-founded compilation of analogue and digital calculators. It's the most comprehensive reference book in computer history to date."
Herbert Bruderer
is a retired lecturer in computer science at ETH Zürich and an historian of technology. He has written numerous books on computer science and has won several prizes.
- Multilingual bibliography on the history of mathematics, computer science, technology and science with more than 5000 entries
- technical dictionary German-English and English-German with 4000 entries each
- 18 step-by-step instructions for the operation of historical analog and digital devices
- >400 illustrations, >100 tabular overviews, numerous time tables
- Detailed index of names, places and subjects.
Quotes on the first edition
Steven Deckelman (Mathematical Association of America, August 2016):
"This impressive new book by Herbert Bruderer is an extensive in-depth scholarly history of mathematics and computer science with a focus on computing technology in German lands. This book is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of mathematics and computer science as well engineering (especially mechanical and electrical), technology and the history of science."
Thomas Sonar (Mathematical Semesterberichte, March 2017):
"With this book, the author Herbert Bruderer has actually written a milestone in the history of technology, which should not be missing in any library. Herbert Bruderer has presented a work that will certainly quickly establish itself as a standard work and classic."
Rainer Gebhardt (Jahrbuch des Adam-Ries-Bund, 2016):
"All in all, the work represents a very well-founded compilation of analogue and digital calculators. It's the most comprehensive reference book in computer history to date."
Herbert Bruderer
is a retired lecturer in computer science at ETH Zürich and an historian of technology. He has written numerous books on computer science and has won several prizes.
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Autoren-Porträt von Herbert E. Bruderer
Herbert Bruderer, ETH Zürich.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Herbert E. Bruderer
- 2018, 2. Aufl., XXIV, 727 Seiten, 93 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 17,9 x 24,4 cm, Gebunden, Deutsch
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- ISBN-10: 3110518279
- ISBN-13: 9783110518276
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.06.2018
Pressezitat
"Band 1 behandelt ausführlich die mechanischen Rechenmaschinen, Rechenschieber, historischen Automaten und wissenschaftlichen Instrumente. [...] Insgesamt ist das Werk die bisher umfangreichste und erschöpfende Zusammenstellung und somit ein fundiertes Nachschlagewerk zur Geschichte Rechenhilfsmittel, der Rechentechnik und der Entwicklung der Computer."Rainer Gebhardt in: Jahrbuch des Adam-Ries-Bundes Band 9 (2018), S. 140-142
"[...] eBook des Monats Juni 2019 [...]"
Universität Bonn (26.06.2019), https://www.ulb.uni-bonn.de/de/aktuelles-ulb/ebook-monat-juni-2019
"Beide Bände richten sich an alle diejenigen, die· mehr über die Geschichte der Rechentechnik, der Mathematik, der Informatik und des Automatenbaus erfahren möchten, und sind sowohl für Fachleute als auch für Laien bestimmt. Insgesamt bieten sie die zurzeit umfassendste und fundierteste Darstellung der Entwicklungsgeschichte dieses Gebiets!"
In: LOG IN. lnformatische Bildung und Computer in der Schule 191/192 (2019), 120
Rezensionen zur Vorauflage:
"This impressive new book by Herbert Bruderer is an extensive in-depth scholarly history of mathematics and computer science with a focus on computing technology in German lands. This book is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of mathematics and computer science as well engineering (especially mechanical and electrical), technology and the history of science."
Steven Deckelman (Mathematical Association of America, August 2016)
"Der Autor Herbert Bruderer hat mit diesem Buch tatsächlich einen Meilenstein der Technikgeschichte geschrieben, der in keiner Bibliothek fehlen sollte. Herbert Bruderer hat ein Werk vorgelegt, das sich sicher schnell als Standardwerk und Klassiker etablieren wird."
Thomas Sonar (Mathematische Semesterberichte, März 2017)
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"Insgesamt stellt das Werk eine sehr fundierte Zusammenstellung zu Analog- und Digitalrechnern dar. Es ist das bisher umfangreichste Nachschlagewerk zur Geschichte der Computer"
Rainer Gebhardt (Jahrbuch des Adam-Ries-Bundes, 2016)
"Insgesamt stellt das Werk eine sehr fundierte Zusammenstellung zu Analog- und Digitalrechnern dar. Es ist das bisher umfangreichste Nachschlagewerk zur Geschichte der Computer"
Rainer Gebhardt (Jahrbuch des Adam-Ries-Bundes, 2016)
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