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. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in t...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2007.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |