Author: David Alan Grier
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0691133824
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Features:
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0691133824
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Features:
When Computers Were Human
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. Search and download computer ebooks When Computers Were Human for free.
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These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a care
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His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a care
