Article ID: CBB599836395

Promoting Computing in the Postwar United States—The Case of UCLA (2023)

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In the mid-1940s, a differential analyzer and an electronic digital computer acquired by UCLA made large-scale computing available to staff and students there and in surrounding industries. To serve these users, the university fostered both new professional organizations and pioneering curricula in what would later be called computer science.

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Authors & Contributors
Corry, Leo
Frana, Philip L.
Fredrich, Augustine J.
Herdt, Gilbert
Kaiserfeld, Thomas
Lemov, Rebecca M.
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
History of Education
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Publishers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Duke University Press
MIT Press
University of Chicago Press
Verso
Wallstein Verlag
Concepts
Computers and computing
Digital technologies
Societies; institutions; academies
Technical education
Technology
Development of technology; change in technology
People
Lehmer, Derrick Henry
Lehmer, Emma
Stoller, Robert J.
Vandiver, Harry Schultz
Fermat, Pierre de
Louis Jolyon West
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
Modern
Places
United States
Great Britain
Costa Rica
East Germany
Ireland
Mexico
Institutions
University of California, Los Angeles
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
University of Western Australia
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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