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Monte Carlo Integrating Computer Collection: Wood materials
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Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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The collection consists of a copy of Dean Wood's Ph.D. thesis in which he set forth the rationale for, and the operational parameters of, an integrating computer to be used as an educational tool, and a hard-copy of a Power Point presentation of the computer's graphic display capabilities.
This collection documents the origins of and purpose for the Monte Carlo Integrating Computer.
The Monte Carlo Integrating Computer is a part of the CHF Instrumentation Collection. A video interview with Dean Wood is included in the CHF Audio-Visual Collection.
Source of acquisition--Wood, Dean. Method of acquisition--gift ;; Date of acquisition--2005..
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- Science History Institute Archives