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Atsushi Akera

Atsushi Akera is Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Titles by This Author

Calculating a Natural World

Scientists, Engineers, and Computers During the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research
By Atsushi Akera

During the Cold War, the field of computing advanced rapidly within a complex institutional context. In Calculating a Natural World, Atsushi Akera describes the complicated interplay of academic, commercial, and government and military interests that produced a burst of scientific discovery and technological innovation in 1940s and 1950s America.