Building IBM. Shaping an Industry and Its Technology

Pugh, Emerson W.

Published by MIT Press (1995), Cambridge, 1995

About this Item

24x16cm, xvi, 405 pp Contents: Hollerith: Inventor & Entrepreneur; Origins of IBM; Watson: A Man with a Mission; Building an Engineering Organization; Responding to the Great Depression; Support for Academic Research; Research for Patents &Devices; World War II Activities; Future Demands; Preparing for Peace; Government-Funded Competition; IBM's Initial Response; Watson, Jr. Takes Charge; Programming Computers; An Air Defense System; Chasing New Technologies; Legacy; Gambling on System; Commitment & Delivery; Onrush of Technology; Demands of the Future. Minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building IBM. Shaping an Industry and Its Technology
• Publisher: MIT Press (1995), Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Binding: orig.cloth
• Illustrator: Textual photos & tables
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  • History of Technology