• DocumentCode
    3557751
  • Title

    Alwin Walther, IPM, and the Development of Calculator/Computer Technology in Germany, 1930-1945

  • Author

    de Beauclair, Wilfried

  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    334
  • Lastpage
    350
  • Abstract
    The article discusses the work of the lnstitut für Praktische Mathematik (IPM) at the Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt, Germany, from 1930 to 1945, and how Alwin Walther (1898-1967) guided IPM in developing calculator and computer technology during that period.
  • Keywords
    Analog computers; Autobiographies; Engineering students; History; Information processing; Instruments; Knowledge engineering; Mathematics; Permission; Software design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0164-1239
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.1986.10061
  • Filename
    4640614
    • Link To Document
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