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Eucrates

early analog computer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ65052814 ↗
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Eucrates was a hybrid teaching and learning analog computer created by Gordon Pask in 1956, in response to a request by the Solartron Electronic Group for a machine to exhibit at the Physical Society Exhibition in London.

Its operation was based on simulating the functioning of neurons.

The Solartron EUCRATES II was created by C.E.G. Bailey, T. Robin McKinnon Wood and Gordon Pask.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eucrates” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.