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William Aspray provides the first broad and detailed account of von Neumann's many different contributions to computing. John von Neumann (1903-1957) ...
Approaches, Connections, and Reflections
This is not a book about the history of computing or the history of information. Instead, it is a meta-historical book about the research and writing ...
A History of the Information Machine
Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and shows how business and government were the first to explore its ...
This volume provides a history of the computer which now comes properly up to the ubiquitous age, with new chapters that look at globalization, platfo...
The challenges faced by IBM's research and development laboratories, the technological paths they chose, and how these choices affected the company an...
A History Of The Information Machine
Blending strong narrative history and a fascinating look at the interface of business and technology, Computer: A History of the Information Machine t...
The National Science Foundation’s Expansionary Programs
This book provides a history of the efforts of the US National Science Foundation to broaden participation in computing. The book briefly discusses th...
The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America
How rumors, lies, and misrepresentations shaped American history After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and acro...
Building a Foundation for Modern Computing
This organizational history relates the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the development of modern computing. Drawing upon new and exi...
A Historical and Social Study
This text examines in detail the issue of the underrepresentation of women, African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics in the computing discip...
Ideas and Experiences
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An International Perspective
Historian of technology William Aspray interviews 13 senior executives from important technological companies in Germany, Japan, and the US, learning ...
Formal approaches are those taken by government bodies through laws, court decisions and actions of government regulatory bodies. Informal approaches ...
Understanding Misinformation Through the Study of Heritage Tourism
This book studies authenticity, which is a kind of truth to self, through the study of heritage tourism. When a heritage site is inauthentic, it leads...
Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015
This text presents an historical examination of political fact-checking, highlighting how this is part of a larger phenomenon of online scrutiny that ...
The Case of America in 1920
Microhistory is a technique that has been used effectively by writers of both fiction and nonfiction. It enables the author to cut through the complex...
This book examines food in the United States in the age of the Internet. One major theme running through the book is business opportunities and failur...
Howard Aiken and the Computer
with the cooperation of Robert V. D. CampbellThis collection of technical essays and reminiscences is a companion volume to I. Bernard Cohen's biograp...