International Biographical Dictionary Of Computer Pioneers
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International Biographical Dictionary Of Computer Pioneers
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Author : John A. N. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1995
International Biographical Dictionary Of Computer Pioneers written by John A. N. Lee and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Computer programmers categories.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Edmund Berkeley And The Social Responsibility Of Computer Professionals
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Author : Bernadette Longo
language : en
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Release Date : 2015-09-01
Edmund Berkeley And The Social Responsibility Of Computer Professionals written by Bernadette Longo and has been published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Edmund C. Berkeley (1909 – 1988) was a mathematician, insurance actuary, inventor, publisher, and a founder of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). His book Giant Brains or Machines That Think (1949) was the first explanation of computers for a general readership. His journal Computers and Automation (1951-1973) was the first journal for computer professionals. In the 1950s, Berkeley developed mail-order kits for small, personal computers such as Simple Simon and the Braniac. In an era when computer development was on a scale barely affordable by universities or government agencies, Berkeley took a different approach and sold simple computer kits to average Americans. He believed that digital computers, using mechanized reasoning based on symbolic logic, could help people make more rational decisions. The result of this improved reasoning would be better social conditions and fewer large-scale wars. Although Berkeley’s populist notions of computer development in the public interest did not prevail, the events of his life exemplify the human side of ongoing debates concerning the social responsibility of computer professionals. This biography of Edmund Berkeley, based on primary sources gathered over 15 years of archival research, provides a lens to understand social and political decisions surrounding early computer development, and the consequences of these decisions in our 21st century lives.
Encyclopedia Of Computer Science And Technology
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Author : Harry Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Encyclopedia Of Computer Science And Technology written by Harry Henderson and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Computers categories.
Presents an illustrated A-Z encyclopedia containing approximately 600 entries on computer and technology related topics.
Encyclopedia Of Life Writing
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Author : Margaretta Jolly
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-04
Encyclopedia Of Life Writing written by Margaretta Jolly and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
First published in 2001. This is the first substantial reference work in English on the various forms that constitute "life writing." As this term suggests, the Encyclopedia explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured. It includes entries on genres and subgenres, national and regional traditions from around the world, and important auto-biographical writers, as well as articles on related areas such as oral history, anthropology, testimonies, and the representation of life stories in non-verbal art forms.
Computer Pioneers
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Author : J. A. N. Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Computer Pioneers written by J. A. N. Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Computers categories.
This book looks at over 240 innovators in the field of computing and details their qualifications, their contributions, and the recognition accorded by them by the industry. It also includes those individuals who have been central to the progression of the field, in a supportive role as an enlightened manager, a financier, or an educator.--[book cover].
Building Blocks Of Society
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Author : James W. Cortada
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-11-25
Building Blocks Of Society written by James W. Cortada and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-25 with History categories.
The history of information is a rapidly emerging new subfield of history. Historians are identifying the issues they need to examine, crafting novel research agendas, and locating research materials relevant to their work. Like the larger world around them, historians are discovering what it means to live and work in a world that increasingly sees itself as an information society. Long a discussion point among sociologists, economists, political leaders, and media experts, historians are integrating their methods and research into the larger conversation. The purpose of this book is to advocate for a way to look at the history of information and to history as a whole that is simultaneously relevant to observers in other disciplines and familiar to historians of business, economics, sociology and technology. The author presents that advocacy in two ways: with theoretical and historiographical discussions of what information ecosystems and infrastructures are and their value for this kind of research, second, through a range of case studies applying those concepts. The wide range of case studies is purposeful in demonstrating the applicability of the ideas presented in the early methodological chapters. Themes mentioned in each of the early chapters are consistently applied in all subsequent chapters. This book breaks from the more traditional historiography of book history, sociological and philosophical discussions about knowledge and society. The first two chapters focus on the craft of the historian in this new field, better known as historiography and methods. Subsequent chapters are case studies, showing what results when a historian writes about ecosystems and infrastructures, moving our discussion from theory to practice. The book is an important and substantive contribution to this new subfield, an essential primer, as well as a major statement for all historians on how next to evolve their craft.
Reflections On The History Of Computing
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Author : Arthur Tatnall
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-11-28
Reflections On The History Of Computing written by Arthur Tatnall and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-28 with Computers categories.
This book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing from the 1940s to the 1990s with one paper going back to look at Italian calculating/computing machines from the first century to the 20th century. The 22 papers cover a wide range of computing related topics such as specific early computer systems, their construction, their use and their users; software programming and operating systems; people involved in the theory, design and use of these computers; computer education; and conservation of computing technology. Many of the authors were actually involved in the events they describe and share their specific reflections on the history of computing.
The Oxford Companion To The History Of Modern Science
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Author : John L. Heilbron
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-02-14
The Oxford Companion To The History Of Modern Science written by John L. Heilbron and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-14 with Science categories.
Containing 609 encyclopedic articles written by more than 200 prominent scholars, The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science presents an unparalleled history of the field invaluable to anyone with an interest in the technology, ideas, discoveries, and learned institutions that have shaped our world over the past five centuries. Focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the early twenty-first century, the articles cover all disciplines (Biology, Alchemy, Behaviorism), historical periods (the Scientific Revolution, World War II, the Cold War), concepts (Hypothesis, Space and Time, Ether), and methodologies and philosophies (Observation and Experiment, Darwinism). Coverage is international, tracing the spread of science from its traditional centers and explaining how the prevailing knowledge of non-Western societies has modified or contributed to the dominant global science as it is currently understood. Revealing the interplay between science and the wider culture, the Companion includes entries on topics such as minority groups, art, religion, and science's practical applications. One hundred biographies of the most iconic historic figures, chosen for their contributions to science and the interest of their lives, are also included. Above all The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science is a companion to world history: modern in coverage, generous in breadth, and cosmopolitan in scope. The volume's utility is enhanced by a thematic outline of the entire contents, a thorough system of cross-referencing, and a detailed index that enables the reader to follow a specific line of inquiry along various threads from multiple starting points. Each essay has numerous suggestions for further reading, all of which favor literature that is accessible to the general reader, and a bibliographical essay provides a general overview of the scholarship in the field. Lastly, as a contribution to the visual appeal of the Companion, over 100 black-and-white illustrations and an eight-page color section capture the eye and spark the imagination.
Formulations
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Author : Andrew Witt
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2022-01-11
Formulations written by Andrew Witt and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-11 with Architecture categories.
An investigation of mathematics as it was drawn, encoded, imagined, and interpreted by architects on the eve of digitization in the mid-twentieth century. In Formulations, Andrew Witt examines the visual, methodological, and cultural intersections between architecture and mathematics. The linkages Witt explores involve not the mystic transcendence of numbers invoked throughout architectural history, but rather architecture’s encounters with a range of calculational systems—techniques that architects inventively retooled for design. Witt offers a catalog of mid-twentieth-century practices of mathematical drawing and calculation in design that preceded and anticipated digitization as well as an account of the formal compendia that became a cultural currency shared between modern mathematicians and modern architects. Witt presents a series of extensively illustrated “biographies of method”—episodes that chart the myriad ways in which mathematics, particularly the mathematical notion of modeling and drawing, was spliced into the creative practice of design. These include early drawing machines that mechanized curvature; the incorporation of geometric maquettes—“theorems made flesh”—into the toolbox of design; the virtualization of buildings and landscapes through surveyed triangulation and photogrammetry; formal and functional topology; stereoscopic drawing; the economic implications of cubic matrices; and a strange synthesis of the technological, mineral, and biological: crystallographic design. Trained in both architecture and mathematics, Witt uses mathematics as a lens through which to understand the relationship between architecture and a much broader set of sciences and visual techniques. Through an intercultural exchange with other disciplines, he argues, architecture adapted not only the shapes and surfaces of mathematics but also its values and epistemic ideals.
Computer Pioneers
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Author : J. A. N. Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Computer Pioneers written by J. A. N. Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Computers categories.
This book looks at over 240 innovators in the field of computing and details their qualifications, their contributions, and the recognition accorded by them by the industry. It also includes those individuals who have been central to the progression of the field, in a supportive role as an enlightened manager, a financier, or an educator.--[book cover].