[SIGCIS-Members] Telly Tympas' book is out

[Aristotle Tympas]

Dear Gerard, colleagues,

Thank you very much for posting the news about the publication of the
book, and for your kind words.

Telly


Dear colleagues,
Aristotle Tympas' long awaited book is out now: Calculation and Computation in the
Pre-electronic Era
The Mechanical and Electrical
Ages
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781848827417
 
The book offers an introduction to the history of computing
during the ‘first’ (of steam) and the ‘second’ (of electricity) industrial
revolution. It brakes away from the
idea that the history of
computing before the second half of the 20th century was unimportant. In
fact the Industrial Revolution was made possible and even sustained by a
parallel revolution in computing technology. An examination and
historiographical assessment of key developments helps to show how the era
of modern electronic computing proceeded from a continual computing
revolution that had arisen during the mechanical and the electrical
ages.
To quote David Mindells praise:

"In this
fascinating, original work, Tympas indispensably intertwines the histories
of analog and digital computing, showing them to be inseparable from the
evolution of social and economic conditions. "

 

 
Please inspect the Springer page for our series:
http://www.springer.com/series/8442
The previous two volumes in the series by Bill Aspray
were not announced to the SIGCIS list. Allow me to just mention them
here
William Aspray,
Women and Underrepresented Minorities
in Computing;
A Historical and Social
Study
Examines the highly neglected
subject of race in the history of science and technology
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319248097

 
William Aspray, Participation
in Computing;
The National Science
Foundation’s Expansionary Programs
Examines the unexplored history of
the NSF, an important player in US computer history
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319248301
 
 
Further volumes to come in 2018
PLUS we are about to launch a new series SpringerBriefs in History of
Computing (http://www.springer.com/series/15184)
 
Best wishes from Amsterdam in spring: only last week
the ice on the canals allowed skating.
Gerard Alberts
 
 






-- 
Aristotle Tympas
Associate Professor 
Department
of Philosophy and History of Science
School of Science
National and
Kapodistrian University of
Athens

tympas at phs.uoa.gr
http://scholar.uoa.gr/tympas


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