The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nathan L. EnsmengerSeries:History of ComputingAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-08-17Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262517966ISBN-10:262517965UPC:9780262517966Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:History, ProgrammingSize:8.71 x 5.82 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC1FHGMV0W
The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise
The contentious history of the computer programmers who developed the software that made the computer revolution possible.
This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous...
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262517966ISBN-10:262517965UPC:9780262517966Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:History, ProgrammingSize:8.71 x 5.82 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC1FHGMV0W
Nathan Ensmenger is Associate Professor in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University.
Publisher: MIT Press
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