WEIZAC: An Israeli Pioneering Adventure in Electronic Computing (1945-1963)

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Corry, Leo (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Leviathan, Raya (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,
• Θέματα: Computers.; Middle East-History.; Technology-History.; Culture.; Technology.; Management.; Industrial management.; History of Computing.; History of the Middle East.; History of Technology.; Culture and Technology.; Innovation/Technology Management.

The book tells the unique story of WEIZAC, an early computer built by a "new nation" in the early 1950s. It was created in Israel, even though the feasibility of this project was actually close to null when it was initially conceived, in 1946, and, unlike most of the early computer project...