When Computers Were Human

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2007
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Offers an introduction to the world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. This book tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides readers through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration.

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Offers an introduction to the world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. This book tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides readers through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 27 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 0691133824
ISBN 13: 9780691133829

When Computers Were Human

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