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Human Computing Practices and Patronage: Antiaircraft Ballistics and Tidal Calculations in First World War Britain

机译:人类计算实践和赞助:第一次世界大战中的防空弹道和潮汐计算

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During the First World War, both antiaircraft defense and tide prediction became imperative for Britain. These required lengthy calculations by human "computers." One such computer, Arthur Thomas Doodson, became prominent in both antiaircraft ballistics and tide calculations. This article examines the mathematical practices Doodson employed and, through analysis of his financial backers, why the calculations were carried out. Doodson utilized new calculation practices both to increase the complexity and amount of computations that could be carried out and to argue for further funding. Historians of science, including mathematics, can benefit from simultaneous analysis of both the practices and the patronage of scientists.
机译:第一次世界大战期间,防空和潮汐预报对英国来说都是当务之急。这些需要人类“计算机”进行冗长的计算。一台这样的计算机,亚瑟·托马斯·杜德森(Arthur Thomas Doodson),在防空弹道和潮汐计算中都非常出色。本文研究了Doodson所采用的数学实践,并通过分析其财务支持者来分析为什么进行了计算。杜德森(Doodson)利用新的计算方法来增加可能执行的计算的复杂性和数量,并争取获得更多资金。包括数学在内的科学史学家都可以从同时分析科学家的实践和光顾的工作中受益。

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