Alternating Current Circuits by Kerchner Russell and Corcoran George (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. pp.553 with index clean tight copy with tanning to text pages bookplate on inside front cover has name in it crimping to top/bottom spines blue cloth covers with gold gilt title on spine bumping to corners rubbing to spine hinges some soiling to covers.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, 2nd edition; 13th printing of a 1943 copyright; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; fading and shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, 3rd edition; 3rd printing of a 1951 copyright; fading and shelf wear to exterior; former owner's name written on front endpaper; in good condition with clean text, tight binding. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition Hardcover Quarto with no dust jacket, 1938, 1st edition, 510 pages. General light wear of the maroon cloth boards, gold title on spine. Previous owner info inside front board, otherwise interior unmarked and solid. Scarce Edition. Size: 4to - 9.5" to 12" Tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Good copy. 8vo., iv, 510 pp., illustrated. Burgundy cloth. Some light edge wear to the cloth. Previous owner's name and plate on the paste down and end paper. A few pages at the index are loose. A Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. Diagrams (illustrator). 1st Edition. V, 510 Pp.Maroon Cloth, Gilt. Reprint Indicated, 7/1939. Fine, No Wear, Gilt Brilliant, With Ownership Signature Of Computer Pioneer Willis H Ware (At The Moore School, University Of Pennsylvania), Not Signed By Authors. In The Scarce Red Dust Jacket, Very Good +, Light Wear, Minute Losses At Corners.Ware'S Participation In A Classified World War Ii Project To Identify Friendly Aircraft Led The Mathematician John Von Neumann To Recruit Him To Help Develop A Computer At The Institute For Advanced Study In Princeton, N.J., In 1946. That Machine Was Not The First Digital Computer, But It Was Based On A Set Of Design Ideas Described By Dr. Von Neumann That Were Broadly Influential ? First On The Design Of Computers Built By Scientists Around The World, And Then On An Early Ibm Computer Known As The 701. Many Of These Concepts Are Still Visible In The Structure Of Modern Computers And Smartphones. Mr. Ware, Part Of A Small Group Of Engineers Working On That Machine, Was The First To Try To Engineer Many Of The Components That Would Become Vital To Modern Computers. His Experience In Designing High-Speed Electronic Circuits During The War Was Essential To His Work On The Computer At The Institute For Advanced Study, Said George Dyson, A Historian Of The Project. Moving To Los Angeles, He Worked For North American Aviation And Joined Rand In 1952. There He Managed The Department Where The Engineer Paul Baran Did Early Work On Packet-Switching, A Technology That Was The Basis For The Internet. Mr. Ware, Who Worked At The Rand Corporation For More Than 55 Years, Was One Of The First People To Gain A Prescient View Of The Effect Computers Were Having On Society, In Their Impact On Automation And The Threats They Posed To Privacy. "The Computer Will Touch Men Everywhere And In Every Way, Almost On A Minute-To-Minute Basis," He Wrote In 1966. "Every Man Will Communicate Through A Computer, Whatever He Does. It Will Change And Reshape His Life, Modify His Career And Force Him To Accept A Life Of Continuous Change." While At Rand, Mr. Ware Led An Early Pentagon Study Exploring Computer Security. Afterward He Was Asked By The Secretary Of Commerce, To Lead A Committee To Address "Personal Privacy" In The Computer Era. Some Of Its Policy Recommendations Were Adopted In The Privacy Act Of 1974. Among Other Problems, The Committee Dealt With The Increasing Reliance On "Universal Identifiers" Like Social Security Numbers. "Willis Ware Laid The Foundation For Modern Privacy Law. His Insight Was That In The Computer Age, Organizations That Collected Private Information Would Have To Take Responsibility, And Individuals Who Gave Up Personal Information Would Need To Get Rights.".