Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series)
by:
Kurt W. Beyer (author)
The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers that sparked the information age.
The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers that sparked the information age.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780262013109 (026201310X)
ASIN: 026201310X
Publish date: July 10th 2009
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pages no: 408
Edition language: English
This one was a little bit of a bait and switch - I learned as much about the people Grace Hopper worked with as I did about her - maybe more. I'm assuming because she worked so much, there wasn't much else to tell, beyond that it drove her to drink! It was interesting to learn about the early wome...