Robert W Seidel
Biographic Data
| ID | 958653 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Seidel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Seidel |
| SIGNATURE | SEIDEL R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The German-Speaking Countries
Strategic Computing
Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993. By Alex Roland and Philip Shiman. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002. Pp. xxvi+427. $50
In the Shadow of the Bomb
Historical Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy . Stephen E. Atkins
British Society for the History of Science Report of Council for the year 1998
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The Golden Jubilees of Lawrence Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratories
Crunching numbers” computers and physical research in the AEC laboratories
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) laboratories provided an arena for the application of the computer to scientific problems and the resources to build the massive number‐crunching computers of the Cold War era. Although these were initially acquired for nuclear weapons design and evaluation, high‐energy physics faced data analysis problems of comparable magnitude to those presented by nuclear weapons, and partnerships between AEC laboratories an…
Computer
Reviewed by: Computer: A History of the Information Machine * Robert W. Seidel (bio) Computer: A History of the Information Machine. By Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Asprey. New York: Basic Books, 1996. Pp. ix+342; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $28. Computer is a readable and comprehensive history intended to acquaint novices with a growing historical literature as well as to provide an overview of that history from Charles Babba…
Computer
Postmodern War
Nuclear Rites
Elements of Controversy
Elements of Controversy
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 389 There are other, more or less minor, problems as well. Naval histo rians will be astounded to learn of an American “battle cruiser divi sion” (p. 108) circa 1934. The discussion ofthe navy’s aerial torpedo tactics is ill considered and not essential anyway. McFarland’s brief account of the Battle ofMidway (pp. 193-94, photo caption preced ing p. 89) is internally inconsistent. Richard Hallion’s introduct…
The Computer in the United States
The Computer in the United States
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 205 somatism, “whereby an invading solution, although it leaves the out ward form or body of the host rock unchanged, nevertheless entirely transforms its intrinsic character” (p. 157). Let the infrastructural work continue. Edward W. Constant Dr. Constant teaches history of technology at Carnegie Mellon University. His arti cle “Cause or Consequence: Science, Technology, and Regulatory Change in the Oil Busi…
Accelerators and national security the evolution of science policy for high‐energy physics, 1947–1967
Historical analysis of the evolution of science policy for high‐energy physics from 1947–1967 shows how national security concerns played a role in this branch of fundamental science. The Manhattan Engineer District (MED) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supported particle accelerators after World War II demonstrated the military utility of particle accelerator technology for isotope separation, the transferability of technological skills from…
The Origins of SDI, 1944-1983
Technology choice in early high‐energy physics
The Manhattan Project
German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-1949 . Mark Walker
Lawrence and His Laboratory
Books on the Bomb Atomic Bomb Scientists
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences, Vol. 18, Pt. 1
Science, Technology, and Society in the Time of Alfred Nobel . Carl Gustaf Bernhard , Elisabeth Crawford , Per Sorbom
Quantum Physics in America, 1920-1935 . Katherine Russell Sopka
Scottish Scientific Instrument-Makers, 1600-1900 . D. J. Bryden
Scientific Elite. Nobel Laureates in the United States . Harriet Zuckerman
What Little I Remember . Otto R. Frisch
Quantum Physics in America, 1920-1935 . Katherine Russell Sopka
Science, Technology, and Society in the Time of Alfred Nobel . Carl Gustaf Bernhard , Elisabeth Crawford , Per Sorbom
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences, Vol. 18, Pt. 1
Books on the Bomb Atomic Bomb Scientists
Technology choice in early high‐energy physics
The Manhattan Project
German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-1949 . Mark Walker
Lawrence and His Laboratory
The Origins of SDI, 1944-1983
Accelerators and national security the evolution of science policy for high‐energy physics, 1947–1967
Historical analysis of the evolution of science policy for high‐energy physics from 1947–1967 shows how national security concerns played a role in this branch of fundamental science. The Manhattan Engineer District (MED) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supported particle accelerators after World War II demonstrated the military utility of particle accelerator technology for isotope separation, the transferability of technological skills from…
Elements of Controversy
Elements of Controversy
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 389 There are other, more or less minor, problems as well. Naval histo rians will be astounded to learn of an American “battle cruiser divi sion” (p. 108) circa 1934. The discussion ofthe navy’s aerial torpedo tactics is ill considered and not essential anyway. McFarland’s brief account of the Battle ofMidway (pp. 193-94, photo caption preced ing p. 89) is internally inconsistent. Richard Hallion’s introduct…
The Computer in the United States
The Computer in the United States
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 205 somatism, “whereby an invading solution, although it leaves the out ward form or body of the host rock unchanged, nevertheless entirely transforms its intrinsic character” (p. 157). Let the infrastructural work continue. Edward W. Constant Dr. Constant teaches history of technology at Carnegie Mellon University. His arti cle “Cause or Consequence: Science, Technology, and Regulatory Change in the Oil Busi…
Nuclear Rites
Crunching numbers” computers and physical research in the AEC laboratories
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) laboratories provided an arena for the application of the computer to scientific problems and the resources to build the massive number‐crunching computers of the Cold War era. Although these were initially acquired for nuclear weapons design and evaluation, high‐energy physics faced data analysis problems of comparable magnitude to those presented by nuclear weapons, and partnerships between AEC laboratories an…
Computer
Reviewed by: Computer: A History of the Information Machine * Robert W. Seidel (bio) Computer: A History of the Information Machine. By Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Asprey. New York: Basic Books, 1996. Pp. ix+342; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $28. Computer is a readable and comprehensive history intended to acquaint novices with a growing historical literature as well as to provide an overview of that history from Charles Babba…
Computer
Postmodern War
British Society for the History of Science Report of Council for the year 1998
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The Golden Jubilees of Lawrence Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratories
In the Shadow of the Bomb
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