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Rare Circular Slide Rules
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Rare Circular Slide Rules

Slide rules: the longer the scale, the greater the accuracy of the instrument.

The Colossus
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The Colossus

Unseen images of the code-breaking computer that helped win World War 2.

Digitization Puts Many at a Disadvantage
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Digitization Puts Many at a Disadvantage

Digitization has many downsides.

What Does Digitization Mean, and When Did It Begin?
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What Does Digitization Mean, and When Did It Begin?

Digitization is on everyone's lips. What does digitization mean and when did it begin?

Jost Bürgi and the Discovery of Logarithms
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Jost Bürgi and the Discovery of Logarithms

A forgotten universal genius.
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