02780cam a2200445 i 4500001001900000003000500019005001700024008004100041010001600082020003500098020003200133020003800165020003500203027001600238027001900254035002000273037008500293037001100378040001900389043001200408050002300420100002900443245009500472264003700567300005400604336002600658337002800684338002700712504006300739505019700802520091500999530005801914610003201972650005602004650006202060650006102122650006302183710002202246856006602268rnd000000000043882RAND20200811100919.0081119s2008    cauao    b    001 0 eng d  a 2008029573  a083304513X (pbk. : alk. paper)  a0833048163 (electronic bk.)  a9780833045133 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780833048165 (electronic bk.)  aRAND/CB-748  aRAND/CP-537-RC  a(Sirsi) a524599  bCopies may be obtained from the booksellers or the publisher. Published by RAND.  c$34.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us--- 4aQA76.27b.W37 20081 aWare, Willis H.eauthor.10aRAND and the information evolution :ba history in essays and vignettes /cWillis H. Ware. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c2008.  axxvi, 201 pages :billustrations, photos ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (p.177-190) and index.0 aIntroduction -- The Department -- RAND's First Computer People -- RAND's Early Computers -- A Building for People with Computers -- Project Essays -- Lore, Snippets, and Snapshots -- Epilogue.  aThis professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. RAND's accomplishments included important advances not only in hardware and software but also in analytic techniques that exploited the speed and power of computers. From the beginning, RAND researchers were focused on using computers to improve applied studies that addressed complex, real-world problems. They also addressed the problem of infusing computing capability into an organization and helped to define the emerging profession of computer science. This memoir includes photographs and vignettes that reveal the collegial, creative, and often playful spirit in which the groundbreaking research was conducted at RAND.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.10aRand Corporation.xHistory. 0aComputer sciencexResearchzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aInformation technologyxResearchzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aMilitary researchzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aResearch instituteszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century.2 aRand Corporation.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP537/