Copyright

Stephen Robertson

Published On

2020-10-22

Page Range

pp. 115-122

Language

  • English

Print Length

7 pages

10 Calculation

  • Stephen Robertson (author)
Chapter of: B C, Before Computers: On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data (pp. 115–122)

Here, the author discusses the development of ideas around mechanical calculation, from the abacus on. The chapter ends with a discussion of the different ways numbers may be represented and calculated with in a computer.

Contributors

Stephen Robertson

(author)
Visiting Professor at University College London
Professor Emeritus at City University of London
Life Fellow of Girton College at University of Cambridge