From mars to minerva: The origins of scientific computing in the AEC labs

Physics Today

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Seidel, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0006783032     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.881599     Document Type: Article

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