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	Lavington, Simon     Options: All Media Types Journals Proceedings Div Books Whole Books Other Date Reviewed Title Author Publisher Published Date Descending Ascending Date Reviewed     1 - 2 of 2 reviews       Early computing in Britain: Ferranti Ltd. and government funding, 1948 - 1958 Lavington S., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 392 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030151-02-7) For Britain at least, this volume addresses how computing transitioned as a technological innovation to become a commercial product. The innovative manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. produced the first commercially available computers...... Feb 24 2020     Moving targets: Elliott-Automation and the dawn of the computer age in Britain, 1947-67 Lavington S., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, London, UK, 2011. 732 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-848829-32-9) The major contribution made by the Elliott-Automation company in spearheading the development of early computing technologies in the UK and the Commonwealth is often overlooked. In his latest book, Lavington scrutinizes the extensive w...... Nov 1 2011
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