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Computing was created because of the demand for calculating artillery trajectories and code breaking in the 1940s
by nicky0 4y ago
Computing was created because of the demand for calculating artillery trajectories and code breaking in the 1940s
- eesmith 4y agoThe Z3 was made for aerodynamics calculations, and more generally civil engineering.
- ordu 4y agoI'm not sure that this is the whole story. Analytical Engine of Babbage was designed at 1830. It was not built at the time of course... But the idea was tried again and again unless it made it's way into practical applications. It seems to me that there was a demand. Probably not economics but engineering?