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

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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Corry, Leo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Leviathan, Raya (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Creating a Top-Rated Scientific Institution in Rehovot at the Dawn of the Digital Age
  • Chapter 3. The WEIZAC Challenge: Building an Electronic Brain in Rehovot
  • Chapter 4. Concluding Remarks: WEIZAC as a Zionist Success Story
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography.

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