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21 Creativity
Put in this bald way, these aims sound utopian. How utopian they areor rather, how imminent their realization-depends on how broadly or narrowly we interpret the term "creative." If we are willing to regard all human complex problem solving as creative, then-as we will point out-successful programs for problem solving mechanisms that simulate human problem solvers already exist, and a number of their general characteristics are known. If we reserve the term "creative" for activities like discovery of the special theory of relativity or the composition of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, then no example of a creative mechanism exists at the present time. (Simon, 1979, pp. 144-145)Among the questions that can now be given preliminary answers in computational terms are the following: how can ideas from very different sources be spontaneously thought of together? how can two ideas be merged to produce a new structure, which shows the influence of both ancestor ideas without being a mere "cut-and-paste" combination? how can the mind be "primed," so that one will more easily notice serendipitous ideas? why may someone notice-and remember-something fairly uninteresting, if it occurs in an interesting context? how can a brief phrase conjure up an entire melody from memory? and how can we accept two ideas as similar ("love" and "prove" as rhyming, for instance) in respect of a feature not identical in both? The features of connectionist AI models that suggest answers to these questions are their powers of pattern completion, graceful degradation, sensitization, multiple constraint satisfaction, and "best-fit" equilibration.... Here, the important point is that the unconscious, "insightful," associative aspects of creativity can be explained-in outline, at least-by AI methods. (Boden, 1996, p. 273)There thus appears to be an underlying similarity in the process involved in creative innovation and social independence, with common traits and postures required for expression of both behaviors. The difference is one of product-literary, musical, artistic, theoretical products on the one hand, opinions on the other-rather than one of process. In both instances the individual must believe that his perceptions are meaningful and valid and be willing to rely upon his own interpretations. He must trust himself sufficiently that even when persons express opinions counter to his own he can proceed on the basis of his own perceptions and convictions. (Coopersmith, 1967, p. 58)he average level of ego strength and emotional stability is noticeably higher among creative geniuses than among the general population, though it is possibly lower than among men of comparable intelligence and education who go into administrative and similar positions. High anxiety and excitability appear common (e.g. Priestley, Darwin, Kepler) but full-blown neurosis is quite rare. (Cattell & Butcher, 1970, p. 315)he insight that is supposed to be required for such work as discovery turns out to be synonymous with the familiar process of recognition; and other terms commonly used in the discussion of creative work-such terms as "judgment," "creativity," or even "genius"-appear to be wholly dispensable or to be definable, as insight is, in terms of mundane and well-understood concepts. (Simon, 1989, p. 376)From the sketch material still in existence, from the condition of the fragments, and from the autographs themselves we can draw definite conclusions about Mozart's creative process. To invent musical ideas he did not need any stimulation; they came to his mind "ready-made" and in polished form. In contrast to Beethoven, who made numerous attempts at shaping his musical ideas until he found the definitive formulation of a theme, Mozart's first inspiration has the stamp of finality. Any Mozart theme has completeness and unity; as a phenomenon it is a Gestalt. (Herzmann, 1964, p. 28)Great artists enlarge the limits of one's perception. Looking at the world through the eyes of Rembrandt or Tolstoy makes one able to perceive aspects of truth about the world which one could not have achieved without their aid. Freud believed that science was adaptive because it facilitated mastery of the external world; but was it not the case that many scientific theories, like works of art, also originated in phantasy? Certainly, reading accounts of scientific discovery by men of the calibre of Einstein compelled me to conclude that phantasy was not merely escapist, but a way of reaching new insights concerning the nature of reality. Scientific hypotheses require proof; works of art do not. Both are concerned with creating order, with making sense out of the world and our experience of it. (Storr, 1993, p. xii)The importance of self-esteem for creative expression appears to be almost beyond disproof. Without a high regard for himself the individual who is working in the frontiers of his field cannot trust himself to discriminate between the trivial and the significant. Without trust in his own powers the person seeking improved solutions or alternative theories has no basis for distinguishing the significant and profound innovation from the one that is merely different.... An essential component of the creative process, whether it be analysis, synthesis, or the development of a new perspective or more comprehensive theory, is the conviction that one's judgment in interpreting the events is to be trusted. (Coopersmith, 1967, p. 59)In the daily stream of thought these four different stages [preparation; incubation; illumination or inspiration; and verification] constantly overlap each other as we explore different problems. An economist reading a Blue Book, a physiologist watching an experiment, or a business man going through his morning's letters, may at the same time be "incubating" on a problem which he proposed to himself a few days ago, be accumulating knowledge in "preparation" for a second problem, and be "verifying" his conclusions to a third problem. Even in exploring the same problem, the mind may be unconsciously incubating on one aspect of it, while it is consciously employed in preparing for or verifying another aspect. (Wallas, 1926, p. 81)he basic, bisociative pattern of the creative synthesis [is] the sudden interlocking of two previously unrelated skills, or matrices of thought. (Koestler, 1964, p. 121)11) The Earliest Stages in the Creative Process Involve a Commerce with DisorderEven to the creator himself, the earliest effort may seem to involve a commerce with disorder. For the creative order, which is an extension of life, is not an elaboration of the established, but a movement beyond the established, or at least a reorganization of it and often of elements not included in it. The first need is therefore to transcend the old order. Before any new order can be defined, the absolute power of the established, the hold upon us of what we know and are, must be broken. New life comes always from outside our world, as we commonly conceive that world. This is the reason why, in order to invent, one must yield to the indeterminate within him, or, more precisely, to certain illdefined impulses which seem to be of the very texture of the ungoverned fullness which John Livingston Lowes calls "the surging chaos of the unexpressed." (Ghiselin, 1985, p. 4)New life comes always from outside our world, as we commonly conceive our world. This is the reason why, in order to invent, one must yield to the indeterminate within him, or, more precisely, to certain illdefined impulses which seem to be of the very texture of the ungoverned fullness which John Livingston Lowes calls "the surging chaos of the unexpressed." Chaos and disorder are perhaps the wrong terms for that indeterminate fullness and activity of the inner life. For it is organic, dynamic, full of tension and tendency. What is absent from it, except in the decisive act of creation, is determination, fixity, and commitment to one resolution or another of the whole complex of its tensions. (Ghiselin, 1952, p. 13)[P]sychoanalysts have principally been concerned with the content of creative products, and with explaining content in terms of the artist's infantile past. They have paid less attention to examining why the artist chooses his particular activity to express, abreact or sublimate his emotions. In short, they have not made much distinction between art and neurosis; and, since the former is one of the blessings of mankind, whereas the latter is one of the curses, it seems a pity that they should not be better differentiated....Psychoanalysis, being fundamentally concerned with drive and motive, might have been expected to throw more light upon what impels the creative person that in fact it has. (Storr, 1993, pp. xvii, 3)A number of theoretical approaches were considered. Associative theory, as developed by Mednick (1962), gained some empirical support from the apparent validity of the Remote Associates Test, which was constructed on the basis of the theory.... Koestler's (1964) bisociative theory allows more complexity to mental organization than Mednick's associative theory, and postulates "associative contexts" or "frames of reference." He proposed that normal, non-creative, thought proceeds within particular contexts or frames and that the creative act involves linking together previously unconnected frames.... Simonton (1988) has developed associative notions further and explored the mathematical consequences of chance permutation of ideas....Like Koestler, Gruber (1980; Gruber and Davis, 1988) has based his analysis on case studies. He has focused especially on Darwin's development of the theory of evolution. Using piagetian notions, such as assimilation and accommodation, Gruber shows how Darwin's system of ideas changed very slowly over a period of many years. "Moments of insight," in Gruber's analysis, were the culminations of slow long-term processes.... Finally, the information-processing approach, as represented by Simon (1966) and Langley et al. (1987), was considered.... [Simon] points out the importance of good problem representations, both to ensure search is in an appropriate problem space and to aid in developing heuristic evaluations of possible research directions.... The work of Langley et al. (1987) demonstrates how such search processes, realized in computer programs, can indeed discover many basic laws of science from tables of raw data.... Boden (1990a, 1994) has stressed the importance of restructuring the problem space in creative work to develop new genres and paradigms in the arts and sciences. (Gilhooly, 1996, pp. 243-244; emphasis in original)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Creativity
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22 devote
dɪˈvəut гл.
1) посвящать (себя чему-то возвышенному) She devoted herself to serving God. ≈ Она посвятила себя Богу.
2) уделять, жертвовать (время, деньги) (to) Syn: dedicate, consecrate, hallow
3) уст. проклинать посвящать;
отдавать( себя) целиком - to * one's life to art посвятить свою жизнь искусству - to * all one,s energies to painting отдавать все свои силы живописи - to * oneself предаваться;
целиком отдаваться - to * oneself to amusements предаваться развлечениям посвящать - a review specially *d to history специальный журнал по истории - the laboratory is *d to basic research in physics задача лаборатории - исследование фундаментальных проблем физики отводить - many rooms were *d to war displays многие залы были отведены под военные экспонаты - two columns are *d to book reviews две колонки (в газете) посвящены рецензиям на книги (редкое) предавать, обрекать - to * smb. to destruction обречь кого-л. на гибель - to * the city to the flames предавать город огню devote посвящать, уделять;
to devote much time to studies уделять много времени занятиям ~ предаваться (чему-л.) devote посвящать, уделять;
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23 center
центр; пункт; пост; узел; середина; научпо-иселсдовагсльскпй центр, НИЦ; выводить на середину; арт. корректировать; центрировать;air C3 center — центр руководства, управления и связи ВВС
general supply (commodity) center — центр [пункт] снабжения предметами общего предназначения
hard launch (operations) control center — ркт. центр [пункт] управления пуском, защищенный от (поражающих факторов) ЯВ
launch (operations) control center — ркт. пункт управления стартового комплекса [пуском ракет]
tactical fighter weapons (employment development) center — центр разработки способов боевого применения оружия истребителей ТА
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24 application
ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən сущ.
1) просьба;
заявление;
форма заявления to file an application, make an application, put in an application, send in an application, submit an application ≈ подавать заявление, подавать прошение to reject application, turn down application ≈ отказать в прошении to withdraw an application ≈ забирать прошение membership application ≈ заявление с просьбой о членстве в какой-л. организации written application ≈ письменное прошение, письменное заявление application for financial aid ≈ просьба о финансовой помощи application for admission to a university ≈ заявление о приеме в университет He filed an application to be admitted to the intensive course. ≈ Он подал заявление о приеме на интенсивный курс. Syn: petition, request, formal request
2) применение, использование, употребление;
приложение;
применимость application of new techniques ≈ применение новой техники the place of application of a force ≈ место приложения силы new applications for old remedies ≈ новые приложения старых средств Syn: use
3) прикладывание, накладывание;
нанесение
4) мат. наложение
5) компресс oily application for dry skin ≈ масляный компресс для сухой кожи
6) аппликация, вышивка
7) применение (лекарства) single application ≈ одноразовое применение лекарственного средства Rheumatic pains cured by the application of spirits of camphor. ≈ Ревматические боли снимаются применением камфарного спирта.
8) прилежание, старание, усердие to succeed by application to one's studies ≈ добиваться успеха благодаря прилежанию в занятиях Syn: diligence I, attention
1), assiduous effort
9) компьют. прикладная задачазаявление;
заявка - written * письменное заявление - * form бланк заявки;
бланк для заявления - * for the position заявление о зачислении на должность - to get books on * получить книги по заявке - to send in an * подать заявление просьба, обращение - * for help просьба о помощи - to refuse an * отказать в просьбе - * to smb. for smth. обращение к кому-либо за чем-либо (юридическое) заявление, письменное ходатайство суду или судье применение, приложение;
использование - * of atomic energy for peaceful purposes применение атомной энергии в мирных целях - * of a theory in actual practice применение теории в практической деятельности - * of the law to the present case применение закона к данному случаю - such terms have no * with it такие термины неприменимы к этому применение, употребление - for external * only только для наружного употребления (о лекарстве) - * of force( физическое) приложение силы прикладывание, накладывание;
нанесение (слоя вещества) - * of dressing to a wound наложение повязки на рану - * of ice to the forehead прикладывание льда ко лбу - * of forceps (медицина) наложение акушерских щипцов (математика) наложение (сельскохозяйственное) (профессионализм) внесение удобрений или ядохимикатов - heavy * обильное удобрение - supplemental * дополнительное удобрение, подкормка - liberal * повышенное удобрение - light * внесение малых доз( ядохимикатов) компресс, примочка - hot and cold *s горячие и холодные компрессы аппликация (вышивка) прилежание, рвение, внимание - to give * to work усердно работать - to lack * не проявлять особого рвения - my work demands close * моя работа требует пристального внимания (информатика) (прикладная) программаapplication жалоба ~ заявка ~ заявка на приобретение вновь выпускаемых ценных бумаг ~ заявление;
прошение;
to put in an application подать заявление ~ заявление ~ использование ~ обращение ~ обращение за кредитом ~ обращение за открытием счета ~ обращение за признанием в качестве банка ~ обращение за признанием в качестве брокера ~ отнесение платежа к определенному долгу ~ письменное ходатайство суду или судье ~ вчт. прикладная программа ~ прикладывание (горчичника, пластыря и т. п.) ~ прилежание, рвение, старание (тж. application to work) ~ прилежание ~ вчт. приложение ~ приложение ~ применение;
применимость ~ применение (права, закона) ~ применение ~ просьба ~ прошение, заявление;
применение (закона, правила, инструмента, прибора и т. п.) ~ рвение ~ употребление (лекарства) ~ употребление ~ ходатайство~ by letter письменное заявление~ for admission заявление о приеме~ for admission to official listing заявка на допуск ценной бумаги к официальной торговле на фондовой бирже~ for asylum просьба о предоставлении убежища~ for cancellation просьба об аннулировании~ for credit facilities заявка на выделение ссуды ~ for credit facilities заявка на получение кредитов~ for documentary credit заявка на получение документарного аккредитива~ for invalidation of an election заявление о признании выборов недействительными~ for membership заявление о приеме в члены~ for patent патентная заявка~ for postponement недв. просьба об отсрочке~ for registration of limited company заявление о регистрации компании с ограниченной ответственностью~ for registration of trade mark заявление о регистрации торговой марки~ form анкета поступающего на работу form: application ~ бланк заявки application ~ бланк заявки на приобретение акций application ~ бланк заявления application ~ бланк подписки на заем application ~ заявочный бланк~ in person личное заявление~ of law применение законаbatch ~ вчт. система пакетной обработкиbusiness ~ коммерческое применениеcomputer ~ применение компьютераconvention ~ пат. конвенционная заявкаcredit ~ заявка о предоставлении кредитаdeclined loan ~ отклоненная заявка на получение ссудыdedicated ~ специализированное применение dedicated ~ специальное применениеdistributed ~ вчт. распределенная прикладная системаdivisional ~ пат. выделенная заявкаfile an ~ подавать заявку file an ~ подавать заявлениеgrant an ~ подавать заявкуgraphic ~ вчт. графическое приложениеhigh-volume ~ вчт. крупномасштабная прикладная системаinquiry ~ вчт. запросно-ответная системаinsurance ~ заявление о страхованииinteractive ~ вчт. интерактивная системаjob ~ заявление о приеме на работуloan ~ заявка на получение ссудыlow-volume ~ вчт. прикладная малопроизводительная системаmake an ~ подавать заявлениеmanagerial ~ применение компьютера в управленииnew ~ новое применениеoff-line ~ вчт. автономная прикладная система off-line ~ вчт. система в автономном режимеoriginating ~ заявление, начинающее судебный процесс originating ~ письменная жалоба originating ~ повестка в судparent ~ основная патентная заявка parent ~ первичная патентная заявкаpatent ~ заявка на патентprevious ~ предшествующее заявление~ заявление;
прошение;
to put in an application подать заявлениеrefuse an ~ отклонять заявлениеrefused loan ~ отклоненная заявка на получение ссудыscientific ~ вчт. исследовательская прикладная системаsingle-remote ~ вчт. автономная системаslave ~ вчт. подчиненная системаstandby ~ вчт. резервная системаsubmit an ~ подавать заявкуtime-sharing ~ вчт. прикладная система разделения времениwritten ~ письменное заявлениеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > application
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25 IBS
1) Компьютерная техника: INTELSAT business service, Input Buffer Size2) Медицина: integrated breathing system3) Военный термин: Iceland base station, Inflatable Boats Small, Integrable Base Station, Integrated Battle Space, Integrated Booking System, Integrated Broadcast Service, Interactive Beacon System, inflatable boat, small4) Техника: ion beam scanning5) Религия: Investigative Bible Study6) Автомобильный термин: intelligent brake system7) Грубое выражение: Idiot Boy Syndrome, Irritable Bull Shit8) Оптика: ion-beam sputtering9) Сокращение: Integrated Bridge System (ship), Integrated Bridge System, Intelligence Broadcasting System, irritable bowel syndrome10) Университет: International Business Students11) Электроника: Infinite Brush Studio12) Иммунология: immunologic burst size13) СМИ: Intercollegiate Broadcasting System14) Пластмассы: Interactive Blowing System15) Макаров: Institute for Basic Standards16) Нефть и газ: стабилизатор бурильной колонны c фрезерованными лопастями (integral blade stabilizer)17) Должность: International Business Studies18) Программное обеспечение: Internet Business Solutions19) Международная торговля: International Business Systems -
26 IBs
1) Компьютерная техника: INTELSAT business service, Input Buffer Size2) Медицина: integrated breathing system3) Военный термин: Iceland base station, Inflatable Boats Small, Integrable Base Station, Integrated Battle Space, Integrated Booking System, Integrated Broadcast Service, Interactive Beacon System, inflatable boat, small4) Техника: ion beam scanning5) Религия: Investigative Bible Study6) Автомобильный термин: intelligent brake system7) Грубое выражение: Idiot Boy Syndrome, Irritable Bull Shit8) Оптика: ion-beam sputtering9) Сокращение: Integrated Bridge System (ship), Integrated Bridge System, Intelligence Broadcasting System, irritable bowel syndrome10) Университет: International Business Students11) Электроника: Infinite Brush Studio12) Иммунология: immunologic burst size13) СМИ: Intercollegiate Broadcasting System14) Пластмассы: Interactive Blowing System15) Макаров: Institute for Basic Standards16) Нефть и газ: стабилизатор бурильной колонны c фрезерованными лопастями (integral blade stabilizer)17) Должность: International Business Studies18) Программное обеспечение: Internet Business Solutions19) Международная торговля: International Business Systems -
27 kalpa
1) Религия: (A Vedic scholarly discipline which studies the correct ways of performing the ritual) порядок отправления обряда, (In Hindu cosmology, the basic cosmic cycle made up of 2,000 mahayugas) кальпа2) Индийский язык: калпа, мировой период, мировой период (= 4320 млн. лет) -
28 computer
[këm'pju:të:] n 1. makinë llogaritëse; kompjuter, ordinator. 2. llogaritës, njehsues (person)- Kompjuteri është pajisje elektronike shumë e ndërlikuar që shërben për regjistrimin, transmetimin dhe përpunimin e informatave që mund të manifestohen si llogaritje, udhëheqje të proceseve, përpunim i tekstit, të dhënave të ndryshme si dhe për përdorime më të përgjithëshme. Kompjuteri, marrë në kuptimin e gjerë, përbëhet prej dy komponentëve të quajtura: harduer ( hardware - pjesë fizike e tij) dhe softuer ( software - programet dhe udhëzimet për punë). Me fjalë tjera, softueri është pjesa programore e hardueri pjesa mekanika e kompjuterit.● Hardueri përmban komponentet fizike të kompjuterit siç janë: tastiera ( Keyboard), monitori, shtypësi ( Printer), miu ( Mouse), disku i ngurtë ( Hard Disk), njësia e diskut, disketa ( Floppy Disk), njësia e disketës, CD-ROM-i ( CD ROM), njësia e CD-ROM-it, vizatuesi, modemi, lexuesi ( Scanner), kamera digjitale etj.● Softueri përmbanë programet dhe të dhënat të cilat e udhëzojnë kompjuterin në punën e tij, literatura, dokumentacioni dhe udhëzimet në lidhje me kompjuterin. Hardueri mund të krahasohet me gramafonin e disqet, ndërsa softueri me muzikën e inçizuar në disqe.)Zhvillimi historik i kompjuterit- Njeriu gjithmon ka tentuar të zgjidhë edhe problemet monotone, të vështira dhe të papërshtatshme. Gjatë zgjidhjeve të këtyre problemeve ka hasur në punë të vështira fizike, prandaj, çdo here ka tentuar që të liroj veten nga këta punë duke menduar makina të lloj-llojshme. Një makinë e këtyllë për lehtësimin e llogaritjeve aritmetike është makina e quajtur Abacus për të cilën dihet se është në përdorim prej para 5000 vjetëve. Kjo makinë i ngjanë numratores së sotme të cilën e përdorin nxënësit në klasë të pare dhe njihet si zanafilla e kompjuterëve të sotëm. Prej kohës së zbulimit të Abacusit e deri në shekullin 17 historia e zhvillimit të kompjuterëve nuk posedon të dhëna për ndonjë lëvizje në rrugën e zhvillimit të kompjuterëve.- Gjatë shekullit 17, respektivisht në vitin 1614 matematikani skocez J. Napier zbulon logaritmet dhe në vtin 1622 W. Oughtred ndërton kompjuterin (makinën) logaritmik cirkular për llogaritjen e logaritmeve.- Në vitin 1649 Blaise Pascal ndërton makinën mekanike për kryerjen e operacioneve aritmetike. Makina e Pascalit është e ndërtuar prej disa dhëmbëzorëve të cilët në lëvizje vendohen mekanikisht (me dorë). Ideja e konstruktimit të një makine-kalkulatori (kalkulator quhet makina e cila kryen operacionet aritmetike) ka qenë lehtësimi i punës së të atit të tij i cili ka qenë puntor i tatimeve (mbledhës i tatimeve) dhe ka patur nevojë për shumë llogaritje.- Në vitin 1672 G.W. Laibniz në Pariz projekton kalkulatorin mekanik më të përsosur nga dy të parët i cili me sukse do t'i kryej katër operacionet elementare aritmetike. Kufizimi në realizimin konkret të këtij kalkulatori ka qenë teknologjia e dobët e asaj kohe prandaj ky projekt ka ngelur i pa realizuar. Është interesant të përmendet se Laibnitz ka qenë pioneri i parë në hulumtimin e sistemit binar i cili përdoret në ndërtimin e kompjuterëve të sotëm. Gjatë 150viteve në vazhdim të gjithë tentimet për zhvillimin e kalkulatorëve kanë qenë të inspiruar nga kalkulatori i Laibnitzit.- Në vitin 1822 Anglezi Charles Babbage paraqet projekt të një kalkulatori krejtësisht të ndryshëm i dedikuar për llogaritjen e tabelave për funksione të caktuara. Projekti i këtillë do të finansoheshe nga qeveria Angleze e asaj kohe dhe do të përdoreshe për llogaritjen e tabelave për navigacionin detar. Për shkak të kompleksitetit dhe kushteve financiare e teknologjike ky projekt nuk u krye, në vitin 1842 definitivisht projekti u ndërpre. Makinën e këtillë Babbage e quajti makina diferenciale. Projektin e makinës diferenciale me sukse e realizuan Suedezët në vitin 1854 nën udhëheqen e P. G. Scheutza (duke i zbatuar sqarimet dhe vërejtjet e dhëna nga Babbage në 7000 faqe të shkruara) dhe makina e fituar nën pogon mekanik me sukse i llogariti tabelat (për 80 orë ka logarit 10000 logaritme).- Në vitin 1835 Babbage erdhi në idenë e konstruktimit të një makine programabile me funksionet që i kanë kompjuterët e tanishëm (me njësinë aritmetike-logjike, memorjen, etj.). Makinën e këtillë e quajti makina analitike. Për shkak të krizave finaciare dhe të vështirësive teknologjike kjo makinë ngeli vetëm në fazën e projektimit në letër por dha një inpuls të fuqishëm në zhvillimin e kompjuterëve të mëtutjeshëm.- Koha moderne fillon me përdorimin e energjisë elektrike në makinat për llogaritje. Në vitin 1884 emigranti gjerman në Amerikë Herman Holerith patenton makinën e pare elektrike e cila do të mund të rendit (sortoj) kartelat e shpuara me të dhënat për banorët e Amerikës. Makina e Holerithit në lëvizje vendoheshte me ndihmën e baterive. Qëllimi i kësaj makine ishte renditja e kartelave me të dhënat e banorëve të Amerikës të regjistruar në vitin 1890. Holerithi ishte inzhenier dhe punonte në institutin e statistikës, problem në atë kohë ishte përpunimi statistikor i të dhënave. Kështu regjistrimi statistikor në teren zgjatë disa muaj ndërsa përpunimi zgjate disa vjetë por bile edhe dhjetra vjetë dhe kur të dhënat përpunoheshin rezultatet e fituara ishin të vjetëruara (sepse regjistrimi statistikor zakonisht bëhet çdo 10 vjetë). Qeveria e asaj kohe shpall konkurs për përpunimin automatik të të dhënave me qëllim të përshpejtimit të përpunimit. Holerithi pasi punonte në institutin ku bëheshte përpunimi i të dhënave të këtylla, e njihte problemin dhe për këtë qëllim patentoi makinën e tij. Kështu me ndihmën e 56 makinave të Holerithit u aritë që të dhënat statistikore për popullsinë e Amerikës të përpunohen vetëm për gjashtë javë (në atë regjistrim Amerika doli me 62 622 250 banorë).- Pas këtij suksesi Holerithi themeloi kompaninë për prodhimin dhe huazimin e këtyre makinave (makina quheshe Tabulating Machine) me emrin Tabulating Machine Company e cila në vitin 1924 u bashkua me disa kompani të tjera dhe ndëroi emrin në IBM (International Business Machines), e njohur edhe sot.- Në vitin 1936 gjermani K. Zuse në Berlin arrinë të konstruktoj kalkulatorin programabil i cili do të mund të zgjidhë barazimet lineare. Zuse ariti të konstruktoj makinën e pare e cila shfrytëzonte sistemin binar, këtë makinë e konstriktoi në katër modele të njëpasnjëshëm Z1, Z2, Z3 dhe Z4, por modeli Z4 ngeli vetëm si ide interesante.- Me fillimin e luftës së dytë botërore interesimi për makina llogaritëse (kompjuterë) u zvoglua dhe gjithnjë mendohej në përmirësimin e armatimit. Mirëpo për prodhimin e armëve të reja artilerike nevoitej një hulumtin më i thellë dhe llogaritje të vështira, për hulumtime dhe llogaritje të thella nevoiteshe kohë e cila mungonte. Në vitin 1942 Fakulteti Moore School of Electrical Engineering nga Universiteti i Pensilvanisë bashkë me institutin Ballistic Research Laboratory nga armata Amerikane filloi hulumtimet për një makinë-kompjuter i cili do t'u lehtësonte punën puntorëve në industrinë ushtarake për prodhimin e armatimit artilerik respektivisht do të llogaritë tabelat balistike. Projekti deri në 1943 ishte në fshehtësi. Në vitin 1943 filloi ndërtimin nën udhëheqjen e udhëheqësve të projektit John W. Mauchly dhe J. Presper Eckert. Kompjuteri i menduar u quajt ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) dhe në përdorim u lëshua më 15 Shkurt 1946. Kompjuteri ENIAC meret si kompjuteri i parë i formës dhe me funksionet e kompjuterëve të sotëm. Me konstruktimin e ENIAC-ut fillon edhe gjenerata e parë e zhvillimit të kompjuterëve. Vlenë të përmendet se idenë për ndërtimin e kompjuterit të këtillë (në vitin 1930) e dha matematicienti John V. Atanasoff i cili në atë kohë punonte me kompjuterët analog për zgjidhjen e barazimeve lineare në lëminë e kërkimeve operacionale si dhe matematikani i shekullit 20 John von Neuman i cili ariti që teoretikisht ta përpunojë idenë dhe të bëjë sistematizimin e idesë.- Kompjuteri ENIAC përmbante afër 18000 llëmba elektronike, peshonte afër 30 tonë, zënte sipërfaqe prej 150 m2.- Kompjuterët e prodhuar prej vitit 1946 deri 1953 (kompjuterët EDVAC, ILLIAC, MANIAC etj.), njihen si gjenerata e parë dhe karakterizohen me llëmbat elektronike.- Me zbulimin e tranzistorit fillon gjenerata e dytë, kjo gjenerat zgjat prej vitit 1953 deri 1964. Tek kompjuterët e gjeneratës së dytë fillon zbatimi i gjuhëve të larta programore (Fortran-i paraqitet në vitin 1957, Algol në vitin 1961, etj.)- Gjenerata e tretë e kompjuterëve fillon në vitin 1964 dhe vazhdon deri në vitin 1971, kompjuterat e konstruktuar në këtë periudhë karakterisohen me qarqet e integruara-çipat.- Gjenerata e katër e kompjuterëve fillon në vitin 1971, kompjuterët e kësaj gjenerate karakterizohen me qarqet integrale të dendësisë së madhe LSI dhe VLSI (V-very). Gjenerata e katër e kompjuterëve ende është e hapur, PC kompjuterët e sotëm i takojnë gjeneratës së katër.- Për dallim nga katër gjeneratat e para kompjuterët e të cilave bëjnë përpunimin e të dhënave, kompjuterët e gjeneratës pestë e cila fillon në vitin 1981 bëjnë përpunimin e njohurive. Në këtë gjeneratë bien makinat e quajtura Robot.- Kompjuterët e gjeneratës së gjashtë (njëherit gjenerata e fundit e kompjuterëve) e cila fillon në vitin 1986 merren me përpunimin e inteligjencës. Kompjuterët e kësaj gjenerate quhen Neurocomputers (Kompjuterët neural, Kompjuterët biologjik) të cilët në punën e tyre tentojnë të imitojnë trurin dhe sistemin nervorë të njeriut. Këta kompjuterë në fillim të jetës mësojnë (me metoda speciale eksperimentale) dhe pastaj janë në gjendje të veprojnë pa prezencën dhe ndikimin e njeriut.PJESA PROGRAMORE E KOMPJUTERIT-SOFTUERISistemi operativ- Programet, asemblerët dhe kompajlerët ekzekutohen në kompjuter, në praninë e një mjedisi të caktuar programues. Këtë mjedis programues e përcakton sistemi operativ. Sistemi operativ është një grumbull i programeve i cili manipulon me resurset dhe shërbimet e sistemit kompjuterik (harduerit), siç janë memoria qëndrore, njësitë hyrëse-dalëse, etj. Pra sistemi operativ e komandon (manipulon) me hardverin e sistemit kompjuterik. Programi, në mënyrë implicite apo eksplicite, vetëm përmes direktivave të sistemit operativ mund t'i shfrytëzojë resurset dhe shërbimet e sistemit kompjuterik. Pra programi e urdhëron apo kërkon nga sistemi operativ shfrytëzimin e resurseve kompjuterike.- Nga kjo që u tha më sipër shihet se programet të cilat i shkruajmë (programeve aplikative) në gjuhët larta programuese, nuk e komandojnë harduerin, por i dërgojnë komanda sistemit operativ, i cili më pastaj manipulon me harduer për të arritur te rezultatet e dëshiruara. Kjo do të thotë se sistemi operativ është një lloj ndërmjetësuesi (interfejs) në mes të programeve aplikative dhe harduerit kompjuterik.- Roli kryesor i sistemit operativ është të shërbej si ndërmjetësues në mes të shfrytëzuesit dhe hardverit kompjuterik, dhe në mes të programeve aplikative dhe hardverit kompjuterik.- Ekzistojnë sisteme të ndryshme operative, mirëpo më të njohurat në PC janë MS-DOS dhe MS WINDOWS 95.- MS-DOS ( MicroSoft Disk Operating System), që do të thotë sistemi operativ i diskut i majkrosoftit. Nga këndi i vështrimit të programerit MS-DOS është sistem operativ hierarkial, që përmbanë tri nivele (shtresa), të cilat e ndajnë shfrytëzuesin dhe programet aplikative prej hardverit kompjuterik. Këto shtresa janë BIOS ( Basic Input-Output System që do të thotë sistemi themelor për hyrje-dalje), kerneli i DOS-it, dhe interpretuesi i komandave. Shtresa më e ulët është BIOS-i. BIOS-i kryesisht manipulon me këto njësi hardverike:● Konzolla (tastatiera dhe ekrani);● Printed i përgjithshëm;● Portet serike;● Orën e taktit të kompjuterit;● Diskun startues.- Kerneli i DOS-it, përveq tjerash, ofron shërbimet për:● Manipulimin e folderëve dhe fajllave;● Manipulimin e memories qëndrore;● Kohën dhe datën;● Menagjmentin e programeve aplikative.- Interpretuesi i komandave ka për detyrë që të ekzekutojë komandat të cilat ia jep shfrytëzuesi, duke kyçur edhe leximin dhe ekzekutimin e programeve aplikative.- Edhe pse Windows është paraqitur në mes të viteve 1980, nuk pati ndonjë sukses të madh në treg. Mirëpo me lansimin e verzionit Windows 3.0 më 1990, e sidomos me Windows 3.1 një vit më vonë e gjithë kjo ndryshoi, dhe tani Windows është produkt softverik i dyti më i shituri i të gjitha kohrave, pas MS DOS-it (e sidomos me lajmërimin e Windows 95/98).Windows punon se bashku me DOS-in por sillet si sistem operativ në vehte. Duke i shtuar nivel softverik mbi DOS, Windows-i i shton zgjerime grafike DOS-it.- Popullariteti i Windows-it i ka shtyer shumë programerë dhe shtëpi softverike botuese që të zhvillojnë aplikacione të cilat janë vetëm për Windows. Të gjitha këto aplikacione kanë një pamje të përgjithshme të ngjashme. Nëse dini të drejtoni një strukturë të menysë në një aplikacion të Windows-it atëherë dini të bëni të njejtën gjë edhe në aplikacionet tjera.- Përparësitë kryesore të Windows-it janë:● Platformë multitasking, në të cilën shumë aplikacione mund të ekzekutohen në të njejtën kohë.● Pamje gjenerale e ngjashme e të gjitha aplikacioneve të shkruara për Windows.● Mjedis grafik, i cili manipulohet me ndihmën e miut (apo tastierës).● Mundësia e shkëmbimit të informatave - duke përfshirë fotografi, dokumente, etj. ndërmjet aplikacioneve të ndryshme.● Një numër të veglave ndihmëse, duke përfshirë editor të tekstit, program per vizatim, kalkulator, program komunikues për modem, etj. computer dating [këm'pju:të:deiting] n. takim (dy personash) me ndihmën e sistemit informatik telefonik computerese [këmpju:të'ri:z] n. gj.fol. zhargon i / gjuhë e informatikës● computer game [këm'pju:të:geim] n. lojë elektronike, lojë me kompjuter● computer aided design, computer assisted design [këm'pju:të: eidid di'zain/ ë'sistid] n. vizatim teknik me kompjuter● computerist [këm'pju:tërist] n. amer. informatikan● computerization [këmpju:tërai'zeishën] n 1. trajtim elektronik, kompjuterizim; automatizim. 2. hedhje (të dhënash etj) në kompjuter● computerize [këm'pju:tëraiz] vt 1. informatizoj, kompjuterizoj; përpunoj në kompjuter. 2. hedh në kompjuter● computer language [këm'pju:'længwixh] n. gjuhë programimi● computer literate [këm'pju:'litërit] adj. që ka njohuri në informatikë, që njeh kompjuterin● computer operator [këm'pju:'opëreitë:(r)] n. kompjuterist, person që punon në/me kompjuter● computer programmer [këm'pju:'prëugræmë:(r)] n. kmp. programist● computer science [këm'pju:'saiëns]n. informatikë● computer studies [këm'pju:'stadis] n. informatikë* * *kompjuter -
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Если обратиться к рис. 13...in consideration of 1. принимая во внимание 2. учитываяin a conspicuous location на видном местеin a conspicuous place на видном местеin a conspicuous position на видном местеin consultation with по согласованию с; по договоренности сin contemplation of в преддверии чего-л.;in contemplation of our upcoming meeting в преддверии нашей предстоящей встречиin the context of 1. в связи с; в свете; в плане 2. применительно к 3. если иметь в виду; с учетом 4. на примере 5. с точки зрения 6. в случае 7. в отношении 8. в области 9. в рамкахin continuation of в развитие чего-л.in contradiction with противоречащий чему-л.if this is not in contradiction with если это не противоречит...in contrast (npomueum.) 1. жеIn contrast, the algorithm presented here... Предлагаемый же здесь метод... 2. что же касается...These studies have concentrated in the upper water layers... In contrast, rather little detailed work seems to have been undertaken in the very deepest parts of the[ Caspian] Sea Эти исследования проводились в основном в верхних слоях воды... Что же касается самых глубоких участков [ Каспийского] моря, то там, похоже, практически не проводилось сколько-нибудь детальных исследовательских работin contrast to в отличие от; в то время как; что же касаетсяin control не выходящий за установленные предельные значения (напр., о размерах, механических свойствах, технологических параметрах и т.д.)in a controlled manner организованноthe practice of burning off waste gas in a controlled manner установившаяся / принятая практика организованного сжигания сбросного газа [ в факеле]in a criss-cross pattern по перекрестной схеме ( затяжка болтов - для обеспечения равномерной затяжки)in a customary manner обычным способом; по обычной схеме; тривиальноA shall be determined in a customary manner А определяется обычным путем / по обычной схеме / тривиальноin a design situation при проектированииin diction словами; на обычном языке; открытым текстом (т.е. не кодом)in a direction parallel to по ходу (напр., трубопровода)in document format отдельным изданиемin domestic experience в отечественной практикеin due time в установленные сроки; своевременноin effect по существуin either direction в любом направленииin either direction parallel to the piping run в любом направлении по ходу трубопроводаwell in excess заведомо больше; с избыткомin excess of 1. не укладывающийся в 2. сверх чего-л.weld material in excess of the specified weld size избыток материала сварного шва сверх установленного размераin an expedient manner оперативноin fact более того,...in force действующий (напр., законодательство, договор и т.д.)in the field на монтаже ( а не па заводе или на производстве)in the first place вообщеin foreseeable future в обозримом будущемin formative stage в стадии становленияin free format в произвольном видеin full detail исчерпывающе; исчерпывающим образом; исчерпывающе подробно; с исчерпывающей полнотойin full standing полноправныйin full view в пределах прямой видимости (зд. «прямо» означает не впереди, перед, а незаслоненный, незагороженный)in furtherance of в продолжение чего-л.;in furtherance of our talks в продолжение нашего разговораin furtherance to в развитие чего-л.;in furtherance to your letter dated01.15.2004 в развитие Вашего письма от 15.01.2004 г.in general: A does not in general correspond to В А не всегда соответствует Вin general terms вообще говоряin the generic sense собирательноin good order в полной исправности; в исправном рабочем состоянии;in good working order в исправном рабочем состоянииin good standing полноправныйin a gradual manner плавно;pre-heat shall be applied in a gradual and uniform manner подогрев производится плавно и равномерноin greater detail намного / гораздо полнееquantity in hand наличные запасы;work in hand намеченная к выполнению работа; запланированная работа; заданная работаin hidden form (матем.) в неявном виде; в неявной формеin the initial stages на первых порахin isolation автономноin the judgment of по мнениюin line with 1. в увязке сin line with overall project requirements в увязке с потребностями проекта в целом 2. (перен.) в русле чего-л. 3. вдоль чего-л. 4. соосно с чем-л. 5. параллельно чему-л.in the long run в перспективеin a... manner: in a gradual and uniform manner плавно и равномерноin a masterful way мастерскиThe problem has been dealt with in a masterful way Поставленная задача решена мастерскиin the mean в обычном смыслеin the melting-pot: be in the melting-pot находиться в стадии решения / принятия решенияin a modification в другом исполненииin multiples of в количествеin the near term в краткосрочной перспективеin need of нуждающийся в чем-л.;those found to be in need of assistance те, кто определенно нуждаются в помощиin no case ни при каких обстоятельствахin a non-discriminative manner непредвзятоin no time в сжатые срокиin no way никоим образом неThe signing of this document by a Company agent shall in no way relieve the Manufacturer of any responsibility for Визирование / Факт подписания настоящего документа представителем Компании никоим образом не освобождает Поставщика от ответственности за;Inspection by the Contractor in no way relieves the Supplier of his responsibility to meet the requirements of... Проведение / Факт проведения контроля Подрядчиком никоим образом не освобождает Поставщика от ответственности за выполнение требований...in operation задействованный;which may fluctuate due to the number of fire water hydrants in operation который может колебаться в зависимости от числа задействованных пожарных гидрантовin an orderly manner организованно; в организованном порядкеin outline в общих чертахin one's own element в своей сфереin one's own milieu в своей сфереin particular в первую очередь; прежде всегоin passing заметим в скобках; заметим попутно; между прочимin person личноin place:1) be in place 1. иметь наготове; представлять (документы, согласования и т.д.) 2. (описат.) используемый (реально, фактически)2) have in place располагать (чем-л.)3) put in place 1. внедрять; вводить в действие; внедрять в практику 2. реализовывать 3. выполнять ( фактически); осуществлять 4. задействовать; (перен..) запускать (напр., процесс перехода на новый материал)in point:1) case in point характерный пример; образчик; эпизод2) tool in point подходящее / нужное / соответствующее средствоin the present circumstances 1. в данном случае 2. в этих условияхin print;Books in print (КВП) "Книги, имеющиеся в продаже" (а не в печати!)Since work is still in progress to define А Поскольку работа по определению А еще не завершена,...in pursuance of: 1. следуя (напр., нашему плану) 2. in pursuance of your letter dated01.15.2004 в связи с Вашим письмом от 15.01.2004 г.; в контексте Вашего письма от 15.01.2004 г. 3. in pursuance of your orders во исполнение Ваших указанийin pursuance to в ответ на;in pursuance to your letter в ответ на Ваше письмоin question рассматриваемыйin receipt of: We are in receipt of your letter dated Мы получили Ваше письмо от...in recent years в последние годыin recognition of 1. отдавая должное 2. принимая во внимание 3. с учетомin reference: in reference to your inquiry dated На Ваш запрос от...in this regard (синон. in this context) в этой связиin response of в соответствии с;in response of A comments against В в соответствии с замечаниями А по Вin response to в соответствии с;in response to crew comments against B1 unit в соответствии с замечаниями экипажа по блоку В1;in retaliation в отместку за что-л.in retrospect задним числомin routine use in: be in routine use in обычно используется вin running order годный к пуску (напр., блок электростанции)in a sense в известном смыслеin a short time в недалеком будущемin situ на своем местеin so far as коль скороin some instances... and in others в одних случаях..., а в других случаяхin some locations..., in other (locations) в одних местах..., в других...in spurts скачкообразный (напр., о росте трещины)in step with по мере (увеличения, уменьшения, роста, снижения, и т.д.];in step with the growth in GDP по мере роста / увеличения валового внутреннего продуктаin substitution to взамен чего-л. (напр., выдавать доработанный чертеж: проекта вместо другого, предыдущего)in summary в общем (и целом)in terms of (ЛДП) 1. в плане чего-л.; в части чего-л. 2. если говорить о 3. (матем.) относительноA can be written in terms of stress, displacement... А можно записать относительно напряжений, перемещений... 4. с точки зренияThe processes that... have been evaluated in terms of the reduction of total reactive nitrogen Процессы, которые..., оценивали с точки зрения снижения концентрации общего реакцион-носпособного азота 5. по...These zones were examined separately in terms of how they influenced the exhaust level of NOx Параметры каждой из этих зон исследовали раздельно по их влиянию на интенсивность образованияNOx 6. в вопросах... 7. в пересчете на 8. в соответствииin this context 1. здесь; в этом / данном случае; в этом смысле 2. в данной ситуации; в такой ситуации 3. в этой связи; в связи с этим 4. при этом условии 5. при такой постановке 6. в рамках; в светеin this instance А если это так, то; А раз это так, тоin a timely manner оперативноBureau of Land Management will make every effort to process applications for rights-of-way in a timely manner Управление земплепользования США примет все меры к оперативному рассмотрению заявлений на получение полосы отчуждения / отводаin a tough spot: be in a tough spot находиться / оказаться в затруднительном положенииin a uniform manner равномерноin unique cases в исключительных случаяхin unison параллельно; совместно; в связкеif a load is lifted by two or more trucks working in unison если перевалка груза осуществляется двумя или более самосвалами, работающими в связкеin use 1. принятый (в знач. находящийся в употреблении)standard operating procedure in use within the US обычная методика / обычный порядок работы, принятая / принятый в США 2. находящийся в обороте 3. at the locations where the equipment is in use в тех местах, где эта техника эксплуатируется / используется / задействуетсяin the vicinity of в зоне чего-л.;in the vicinity of fire в зоне огня ( пожара)in view of 1. в связи с; коль скоро; в свете чего-л.; на основании чего-л. in view of the foregoing в связи с вышеизложенным; в свете вышеизложенного; на основании вышеизложенного 2. in view of the fact that в связи с тем, чтоin which case и тогда...in witness whereof в удостоверение чего...in a workmanlike manner квалифицированно; мастерски; "классно"in writing в письменном видеin a wrong place 1. в неположенном месте 2. 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- complete course
- compulsory course
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- initial course
- management training course
- postgraduate courses
- programmed instruction course
- refresher course
- sandwich course
- training course
- course of business
- course of business cycle
- course of commerce
- course of instruction
- course of lectures
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32 Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 1 June 1796 Paris, Franced. 24 August 1831 Paris, France[br]French laid the foundations for modern thermodynamics through his book Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu when he stated that the efficiency of an engine depended on the working substance and the temperature drop between the incoming and outgoing steam.[br]Sadi was the eldest son of Lazare Carnot, who was prominent as one of Napoleon's military and civil advisers. Sadi was born in the Palais du Petit Luxembourg and grew up during the Napoleonic wars. He was tutored by his father until in 1812, at the minimum age of 16, he entered the Ecole Polytechnique to study stress analysis, mechanics, descriptive geometry and chemistry. He organized the students to fight against the allies at Vincennes in 1814. He left the Polytechnique that October and went to the Ecole du Génie at Metz as a student second lieutenant. While there, he wrote several scientific papers, but on the Restoration in 1815 he was regarded with suspicion because of the support his father had given Napoleon. In 1816, on completion of his studies, Sadi became a second lieutenant in the Metz engineering regiment and spent his time in garrison duty, drawing up plans of fortifications. He seized the chance to escape from this dull routine in 1819 through an appointment to the army general staff corps in Paris, where he took leave of absence on half pay and began further courses of study at the Sorbonne, Collège de France, Ecole des Mines and the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. He was inter-ested in industrial development, political economy, tax reform and the fine arts.It was not until 1821 that he began to concentrate on the steam-engine, and he soon proposed his early form of the Carnot cycle. He sought to find a general solution to cover all types of steam-engine, and reduced their operation to three basic stages: an isothermal expansion as the steam entered the cylinder; an adiabatic expansion; and an isothermal compression in the condenser. In 1824 he published his Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu, which was well received at the time but quickly forgotten. In it he accepted the caloric theory of heat but pointed out the impossibility of perpetual motion. His main contribution to a correct understanding of a heat engine, however, lay in his suggestion that power can be produced only where there exists a temperature difference due "not to an actual consumption of caloric but to its transportation from a warm body to a cold body". He used the analogy of a water-wheel with the water falling around its circumference. He proposed the true Carnot cycle with the addition of a final adiabatic compression in which motive power was con sumed to heat the gas to its original incoming temperature and so closed the cycle. He realized the importance of beginning with the temperature of the fire and not the steam in the boiler. These ideas were not taken up in the study of thermodynartiics until after Sadi's death when B.P.E.Clapeyron discovered his book in 1834.In 1824 Sadi was recalled to military service as a staff captain, but he resigned in 1828 to devote his time to physics and economics. He continued his work on steam-engines and began to develop a kinetic theory of heat. In 1831 he was investigating the physical properties of gases and vapours, especially the relationship between temperature and pressure. In June 1832 he contracted scarlet fever, which was followed by "brain fever". He made a partial recovery, but that August he fell victim to a cholera epidemic to which he quickly succumbed.[br]Bibliography1824, Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu; pub. 1960, trans. R.H.Thurston, New York: Dover Publications; pub. 1978, trans. Robert Fox, Paris (full biographical accounts are provided in the introductions of the translated editions).Further ReadingDictionary of Scientific Biography, 1971, Vol. III, New York: C.Scribner's Sons. T.I.Williams (ed.), 1969, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, London: A. \& C.Black.Chambers Concise Dictionary of Scientists, 1989, Cambridge.D.S.L.Cardwell, 1971, from Watt to Clausius. The Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age, London: Heinemann (discusses Carnot's theories of heat).RLHBiographical history of technology > Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi
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33 Kaplan, Viktor
[br]b. 27 November 1876 Mutz, Austriad. 23 August 1834 Unterach, Austria[br]Austrian engineer, inventor of the Kaplan turbine.[br]Kaplan was educated at the Realschule in Vienna and went on to the Technische Hochschule to study machine construction, gaining his engineer's diploma in 1900. He spent a year in voluntary service in the Navy before entering Ganz \& Co. at Lebersdorf, where he was engaged in the manufacture of diesel engines. In 1903 he turned to an academic career, first with a professorship in kinematics, theoretical machine studies and machine construction at the Technische Hochschule in Brunn (now Brno). In 1918 he became Professor of Water Turbine Construction, remaining as such until his early retirement for health reasons in 1931.Kaplan's first publication on turbines, in 1908, was an extension of work carried out for his doctorate at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna and concerned the Francis-type turbine. Kaplan went on to develop and patent the form of water turbine that came to bear his name. It is a reaction turbine which uses a large flow on a low head and which is made like a ship's propeller with variable-pitch vanes running in a close-fitting casing. Its application was neglected at first, but since the 1920s it has become the basic turbine for most high-powered hydroelectric plant: the turbines have been capable of around 85 per cent efficiency and modern developments have raised this figure still further. Perhaps the most impressive application of the Kaplan turbine and its derivatives is the great tidal-power scheme in the estuary of the Rance by St-Malo in France, completed in 1966. The turbines probably have to meet a greater demand for flexibility than any others, for they must operate at constant speed with variable head, as the tide ebbs and flows.LRD -
34 Pattinson, Hugh Lee
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 25 December 1796 Alston, Cumberland, Englandd. 11 November 1858 Scot's House, Gateshead, England[br]English inventor of a silver-extraction process.[br]Born into a Quaker family, he was educated at private schools; his studies included electricity and chemistry, with a bias towards metallurgy. Around 1821 Pattinson became Clerk and Assistant to Anthony Clapham, a soap-boiler of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1825 he secured appointment as Assay Master to the lords of the manor of Alston. There he was able to pursue the subject of special interest to him, and in January 1829 he devised a method of separating silver from lead ore; however, he was prevented from developing it because of a lack of funds.Two years later he was appointed Manager of Wentworth Beaumont's lead-works. There he was able to continue his researches, which culminated in the patent of 1833 enshrining the invention by which he is best known: a new process for extracting silver from lead by skimming crystals of pure lead with a perforated ladle from the surface of the molten silver-bearing lead, contained in a succession of cast-iron pots. The molten metal was stirred as it cooled until one pot provided a metal containing 300 oz. of silver to the ton (8,370 g to the tonne). Until that time, it was unprofitable to extract silver from lead ores containing less than 8 oz. per ton (223 g per tonne), but the Pattinson process reduced that to 2–3 oz. (56–84 g per tonne), and it therefore won wide acceptance. Pattinson resigned his post and went into partnership to establish a chemical works near Gateshead. He was able to devise two further processes of importance, one an improved method of obtaining white lead and the other a new process for manufacturing magnesia alba, or basic carbonate of magnesium. Both processes were patented in 1841.Pattinson retired in 1858 and devoted himself to the study of astronomy, aided by a 7½ in. (19 cm) equatorial telescope that he had erected at his home at Scot's House.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsVice-President, British Association Chemical Section 1838. Fellow of the Geological Society, Royal Astronomical Society and Royal Society 1852.BibliographyPattinson wrote eight scientific papers, mainly on mining, listed in Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers, most of which appeared in the PhilosophicalMagazine.Further ReadingJ.Percy, Metallurgy (volume on lead): 121–44 (fully describes Pattinson's desilvering process).Lonsdale, 1873, Worthies of Cumberland, pp. 273–320 (contains details of his life). T.K.Derry and T.I.Williams, 1960, A Short History ofTechnology, Oxford: Oxford University Press.LRD -
35 Rankine, William John Macquorn
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. 5 July 1820 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 1872[br][br]Rankine was educated at Ayr Academy and Glasgow High School, although he appears to have learned much of his basic mathematics and physics through private study. He attended Edinburgh University and then assisted his father, who was acting as Superintendent of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway. This introduction to engineering practice was followed in 1838 by his appointment as a pupil to Sir John MacNeill, and for the next four years he served under MacNeill on his Irish railway projects. While still in his early twenties, Rankine presented pioneering papers on metal fatigue and other subjects to the Institution of Civil Engineers, for which he won a prize, but he appears to have resigned from the Civils in 1857 after an argument because the Institution would not transfer his Associate Membership into full Membership. From 1844 to 1848 Rankine worked on various projects for the Caledonian Railway Company, but his interests were becoming increasingly theoretical and a series of distinguished papers for learned societies established his reputation as a leading scholar in the new science of thermodynamics. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1853. At the same time, he remained intimately involved with practical questions of applied science, in shipbuilding, marine engineering and electric telegraphy, becoming associated with the influential coterie of fellow Scots such as the Thomson brothers, Napier, Elder, and Lewis Gordon. Gordon was then the head of a large and successful engineering practice, but he was also Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Glasgow, and when he retired from the Chair to pursue his business interests, Rankine, who had become his Assistant, was appointed in his place.From 1855 until his premature death in 1872, Rankine built up an impressive engineering department, providing a firm theoretical basis with a series of text books that he wrote himself and most of which remained in print for many decades. Despite his quarrel with the Institution of Civil Engineers, Rankine took a keen interest in the institutional development of the engineering profession, becoming the first President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, which he helped to establish in 1857. Rankine campaigned vigorously for the recognition of engineering studies as a full university degree at Glasgow, and he achieved this in 1872, the year of his death. Rankine was one of the handful of mid-nineteenth century engineers who virtually created engineering as an academic discipline.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1853. First President, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 1857.Bibliography1858, Manual of Applied Mechanics.1859, Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers.1862, Manual of Civil Engineering.1869, Manual of Machinery and Millwork.Further ReadingJ.Small, 1957, "The institution's first president", Proceedings of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland: 687–97.H.B.Sutherland, 1972, Rankine. His Life and Times.ABBiographical history of technology > Rankine, William John Macquorn
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36 Staudinger, Hermann
[br]b. 23 March 1881 Worms, Germanyd. 8 September 1965 Freiberg im Breisgau, Germany[br]German chemist, founder of polymer chemistry.[br]Staudinger studied chemistry at the universities of Halle, Darmstadt and Munich, originally as a preparation for botanical studies, but chemistry claimed his full attention. He followed an academic career, with professorships at Karlsruhe in 1908, Zurich in 1912 and Freiberg from 1926 until his retirement in 1951. Staudinger began his work as an organic chemist by following well-established lines of research, but from 1920 he struck out in a new direction. Until that time, rubber and other apparently non-crystalline materials with high molecular weight were supposed to consist of a disordered collection of small molecules. Staudinger investigated the structure of rubber and realized that it was made up of very large molecules with many basic groups of atoms held together by normal chemical bonds. Substances formed in this way are known as "polymers". Staudinger's views first met with opposition, but he developed methods of determining the molecular weights of these "high polymers". Finally, the introduction of X-ray crystallographic investigation of chemical structure confirmed his views. This discovery has proved to be the basis of a new branch of chemistry with momentous consequences for industry. From it stemmed the synthetic rubber, plastics, fibres, adhesives and other industries, with all their multifarious applications in everyday life. The Staudinger equation, linking viscosity with molecular weight, is still widely used, albeit with some reservations, in the polymer industry.During the 1930s, Staudinger turned his attention to biopolymers and foresaw the discovery some twenty years later that these macromolecules were the building blocks of life. In 1953 he belatedly received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNobel Prize in Chemistry 1953.Bibliography1961, Arbeitserinnerungen, Heidelberg; pub. in English, 1970 as From Organic Chemistry to Macromolecules, New York (includes a comprehensive bibliography of 644 items).Further ReadingE.Farber, 1963, Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, New York.R.C.Olby, 1970, "The macromolecular concept and the origins of molecular biology", J. Chem. Ed. 47:168–74.LRD -
37 Artificial Intelligence
In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, EventuallyJust as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the ProgramMany problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)[AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract FormThe basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory FormationIt is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular ContextsEven if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial IntelligenceThe primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary PropositionsIn artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
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