Computing at Harwell. Computing at Harwell Jack Howlett 25 years of Theoretical Physics at Harwell:1954-1979 1. The Early Days I came to Harwell in the summer of 1948 at the invitation of Dr. Large View We - meaning Hartree's group - had done what at the time was rated a large-scale calculation for Fuchs and Peierls, concerned with the atomic bomb project. Computing then was a completely different world from what it is now. Computational services were needed all over the Establishment, these needs were going to grow rapidly and what was wanted was a service available to everyone. It may seem strange today that an enterprise so large and so technologically and scientifically sophisticated should have been planned without a central computing service, but remember, this was 30 years ago and the power and all-pervading nature of computation could not possibly have been realised at the time.
This was before the U.K.A.E.A. had been created, when Harwell was still part of the Ministry of Supply. 2. Large View Large View. Charles Babbage Institute. The National Museum of Computing. FONDAZIONE GALILEO GALILEI - Homepage. Cambridge Digital Library - University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Library holds the largest and most important collection of the scientific works of Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Newton was closely associated with Cambridge. He came to the University as a student in 1661, graduating in 1665, and from 1669 to 1701 he held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics. Under the regulations for this Chair, Newton was required to deposit copies of his lectures in the University Library. These, and some correspondence relating to the University, were assigned the classmarks Dd.4.18, Dd.9.46, Dd.9.67, Dd.9.68, and Mm.6.50. In 1699 Newton was appointed Master of the Mint, and in 1703 he was elected President of the Royal Society, a post he occupied until his death.
After his death, the manuscripts in Newton's possession passed to his niece Catherine and her husband John Conduitt. In 1872 the fifth earl passed all the Newton manuscripts he had to the University of Cambridge, where they were assessed and a detailed catalogue made. See also. Computer History Museum. Computing before computers.