Slide Rules vs Calculators: A Scientist's Journey to Efficient Computing

[LudditeSlyDruler]

Bonjour

Thanks for having me aboard. Ran across this interesting forum looking for a 5-inch K + E Decilon.

Biologist, former Navy officer, who's used slide rules since making one the summer after sixth grade.

Bon journée!

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[NascentOxygen]

Hi LudditeSlyDruler.

I used a British Thornton double-sided slide rule in my final year of HS and first year of uni, then abandoned it for a Reverse-Polish HP-45. I felt I'd been liberated from mathematical drudgery.