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Faszination Analogrechnen
Lecture presentation by Bernd Ulmann delivered at the 2008 Kolloquium zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik in Hamburg, providing a broad introduction to the history and technology of analog computers. The 132-slide presentation surveys mechanical analog computers (slide rules, planimeters, tide predictors, fire control computers, differential analyzers), early electronic analog computers including Helmut Hölzer's A4 rocket guidance work and Bell Labs fire control developments, electronic computing elements (integrators, multipliers, function generators), programming methods, example problems, and application areas, concluding with an outlook on the future of analog computing.
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