Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Annual Report of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for ...
Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Books in Series, 1876-1949: Authors
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Annual Report of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College to the President of Harvard College for ...
Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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General Education in a Free Society
Author: James Bryant ConantPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353255982
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Annual Report of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College
Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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The Graduate School of Business Administration
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Business AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Business schools
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Annual Report of the Curator ... to the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Annual Report of the Keeper of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for ...
Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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When Computers Were Human
Author: David Alan GrierPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400849365
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a career deferred and an education forgotten, a secret life unappreciated; like many highly educated women of her generation, she studied to become a human computer because nothing else would offer her a place in the scientific world. The book begins with the return of Halley's comet in 1758 and the effort of three French astronomers to compute its orbit. It ends four cycles later, with a UNIVAC electronic computer projecting the 1986 orbit. In between, Grier tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides the reader through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. When Computers Were Human is the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community. In the end, they were rewarded by a new electronic machine that took the place and the name of those who were, once, the computers.
Annual Report of the Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for ...
Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative ZoologyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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