The Analogue Alternative. The electronic analogue computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975

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See the writer's doctoral thesis 'Analogue Alternative. A socio-economic history of the electronic analogue computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975', Manchester, 1994. Has chapters: 'Analogue computing devices in the 19th and early 20th centuries'; 'Origins, form and function of electronic analogue devices and computers 1937-50'; 'Electronic analogue computer development, 1945-55 - military programmes, aeronautics and electronics'; 'Commercialisation, hybridisation and competition - the electronic and hybrid computer industry in the USA, 1945-75'; 'Origins, commercialisation and decline of electronic analogue and hybrid computing in Britain, 1945-75'; 'Electronic analogue computers and engineering culture'; 'Negotiating a place for electronic analogue computers - the analogue versus digital debate'