Maszyny Matematyczne, women, and computing: The birth of computers in the Polish communist era.
The history of computing usually focuses on achievements in Western universities and research centers and is mostly about what happened in the United States and Great Britain. However, in Eastern Europe, particularly in war-torn Poland, where there was very little state funding, many highly original...
| Publicado en: | History of Science Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 409 - 436 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=170902137&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 170902137 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00732753 HSI jtl: History of Science issn: 00732753 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2023 vid: 61 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 170902137 10.1177/00732753221121502 ppf: 409 ppct: 27 formats: tig: atl: Maszyny Matematyczne, women, and computing: The birth of computers in the Polish communist era. aug: au: Petrocelli, Carla affil: Dipartimento di Ricerca e Innovazione Umanistica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy su: College curriculum Women in war Computer programming Computer engineering Computer science World War II Poland sug: subj: Poland College curriculum Women in war Computer programming Computer engineering Computer science World War II keyword: History of computer science history of programming languages Polish People's Republic social history women in computer science ab: The history of computing usually focuses on achievements in Western universities and research centers and is mostly about what happened in the United States and Great Britain. However, in Eastern Europe, particularly in war-torn Poland, where there was very little state funding, many highly original hardware and software projects were initiated. The small number of publications available to us, especially those in English, led to the belief that technological progress was the result of research carried out in Western countries alone. This article aims to fill this knowledge gap by focusing on the numerous research projects initiated in Polish universities and computer industries that unfortunately turned into dead ends as the result of socialist policies. These are references that cannot be ignored, not only for a historical reconstruction of the evolution of technology but also with regard to the social effects recorded in Poland immediately after the Second World War. The communist ideology, which pursued gender equality policies after the end of the war, encouraged women to pursue education, enabling the many female students enrolled in mathematics degree courses to specialize in " Maszyny Matematyczne " (mathematical machines) and become, like men, experts in computer programming and design. As well as highlighting the role that Poland played in the nascent "computer science" and providing detailed information on what women contributed, this article will explain why the success of the Polish computer industry was limited due to the nonexistent coordination between the communist states (Comecon). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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