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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Main Author: Grier, David Alan, 1955 February 14- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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