Numerical methods and computing in laboratories: From log tables and slide rules to laptop computers during a lifetime

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 916-923

  Gutfreund, Herbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Somerset House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; COMPUTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

AUSTRIA; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTERS; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LABORATORIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952033098     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.402     Document Type: Article

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