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1970s Science and Technology

1970s Science and Technology. Kent Chronicles February 2013. Russian Firsts. The Space Race. The Aim . NASA Missions of the 1970s. Apollo Skylab Apollo-Soyuz The Shuttle. Apollo Pictures. Skylab. Apollo-Soyuz (Or Soyuz-Apollo). The Shuttle. Why “Computers?”.

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1970s Science and Technology

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  1. 1970s Science and Technology Kent Chronicles February 2013

  2. Russian Firsts

  3. The Space Race • The Aim

  4. NASA Missions of the 1970s • Apollo • Skylab • Apollo-Soyuz • The Shuttle

  5. Apollo Pictures

  6. Skylab

  7. Apollo-Soyuz (Or Soyuz-Apollo)

  8. The Shuttle

  9. Why “Computers?” • The machine was designed to replace the people who made the mathematical tables that assisted many occupations in society, for example artillery tables.

  10. Vaccum Tubes

  11. Computers in the 1960s (and a little before) • Univac • IBM • Business machines

  12. Problems with the mainframes

  13. Transistor

  14. The Microprocessor

  15. Usability • Punch cards • Command Line • Graphical User Interface

  16. Personal Computing • Altair 8800 • Apple II

  17. The Interwebs • Arpanet

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