On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube: The Origins and Development of Computerized Information from the Mid-19th Century to the Present.

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Main Author: Smith, Elizabeth S.
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Language:en
Published: 1993
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contents On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube: The Origins and Development of Computerized Information from the Mid-19th Century to the Present. Smith, Elizabeth S. Coordinate Indexes Electric Circuits Indexing Information Retrieval Information Science Information Scientists Information Storage Library Science Scientists Describes the evolution of computerized information storage and retrieval from its mid-nineteenth century beginnings in theoretical works on logic by George Boole, to the applications of Boole's logic to switching circuits by Claude Shannon in the 1930s, to the development of coordinate indexing by Mortimer Taube in the 1940s and 1950s. (Contains 12 references.) (KRN)
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spellingShingle On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube: The Origins and Development of Computerized Information from the Mid-19th Century to the Present.
Smith, Elizabeth S.
Coordinate Indexes
Electric Circuits
Indexing
Information Retrieval
Information Science
Information Scientists
Information Storage
Library Science
Scientists
On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube: The Origins and Development of Computerized Information from the Mid-19th Century to the Present. Smith, Elizabeth S. Coordinate Indexes Electric Circuits Indexing Information Retrieval Information Science Information Scientists Information Storage Library Science Scientists Describes the evolution of computerized information storage and retrieval from its mid-nineteenth century beginnings in theoretical works on logic by George Boole, to the applications of Boole's logic to switching circuits by Claude Shannon in the 1930s, to the development of coordinate indexing by Mortimer Taube in the 1940s and 1950s. (Contains 12 references.) (KRN)
title On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube: The Origins and Development of Computerized Information from the Mid-19th Century to the Present.
topic Coordinate Indexes
Electric Circuits
Indexing
Information Retrieval
Information Science
Information Scientists
Information Storage
Library Science
Scientists
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