When technology became language: The origins of the linguistic conception of computer programming, 1950–1960

D Nofre, M Priestley, G Alberts - Technology and culture, 2014 - muse.jhu.edu
Abstract Language is one of the central metaphors around which the discipline of computer
science has been built. The language metaphor entered modern computing as part of a …

[图书][B] Inventing atmospheric science: Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology

JR Fleming - 2016 - books.google.com
How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of
weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures.“The …

Assembling meteorology: balloons, leaking gas, and colonial relations in the making of new atmospheres

M Henry - Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Meteorology has been defined by its struggles to assemble systems to measure and inscribe
the atmosphere as a three dimensional volume. This short communication examines the …

Making weather vertical: Meteorology and the temporalities of infrastructural atmospheres in New Zealand, ca. 1920–1950

M Henry - Centaurus, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the decades after World War I, the development of aviation and meteorology became
increasingly entangled, with the result that meteorology became a necessary part of the …

Engineering the Fighter Pilot: Aviators, Anti-G suits, and Allied Air Power, 1940-53.

P Hobbins - Journal of Military History, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
Whether technological superiority guarantees air superiority remains a fundamental
question in air power theory. Focusing on World War II (1939-45) and the Korean conflict …