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Houston, W. W. K, (W. W. Keith).
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COMPUTERS / History
Pocket calculators -- History.
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Houston, W. W. K, (W. W. Keith).
COMPUTERS / History
Pocket calculators -- History.
MARC Display
Empire
of the
sum
: the
rise
and
reign
of the
pocket
calculator
/ Keith Houston.
by
Houston, W. W. K, (W. W. Keith).
W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
Call #:
510.285 H843
Subjects
COMPUTERS / History
Pocket
calculators -- History.
ISBN:
9780393882148
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
374 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-362) and index.
Summary:
This history of the
pocket
calculator
reveals how the device was designed and invented, and how it ushered in modern mathematics and contributed to both the creation of the atomic bomb and the mission to land men on the moon.
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4
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