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    Empire of the sum : the rise and reign of the pocket calculator / Keith Houston.
    by Houston, W. W. K, (W. W. Keith).
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    W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
    Call #:510.285 H843
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  • Pocket calculators -- History.
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    9780393882148
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    1st ed.
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    374 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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    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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