Biomedical computing digitizing life in the United States /

November, Joseph Adam, 1975-

Biomedical computing digitizing life in the United States / Joseph November. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource : illustrations. - Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 130th ser., 2 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Putting molecular biology and medical diagnosis into metal brains : operations research and the origins of biomedical computing -- Building tomorrow's biomedicine : the National Institutes of Health's early mission to computerize biology and medicine -- The LINC revolution : the forgotten biomedical origins of personal computing -- A new way of life : computing in the lab, in the clinic, and at the foundation -- Martians, experts, and universitas : biomedical computing at Stanford University, 1960-1966.



9781421406657




National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)


Medical informatics--History.--United States
Bioinformatics--History.--United States
Biomedical Research--history--United States.
Medical Informatics Computing--history--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
United States Government Agencies--history--United States.


Electronic Books.

R858 / .B566 2012