The Analogue Alternative: The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Analogue Computing Devices in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
• 2. The Origins, Form and Function of Electronic Analogue Devices and Computers, 1937-1950
• 3. Electronic Analogue Computer Development, 1945-1955: Military Programmes, Aeronautics and Electronics
• 4. Commercialisation, Hybridisation and Competition: the Electronic and Hybrid Computer Industry in the USA, 1945-1975
• 5. The Origins, Commericialisation and Decline of Electronic Analogue and Hybrid Computing in Britain, 1945-1975
• 6. Electronic Analogue Computers and Engineering Culture
• 7. Negotiating a Place for Electronic Analogue Computers: the Analogue Versus Digital Debate. Conclusion.