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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographie |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Grace Murray Hopper; Grace Hopper; Grace Murray Hopper |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kurt Beyer |
| ISBN: | 9780262013109 026201310X |
| OCLC Number: | 263065377 |
| Description: | xii, 389 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | The myth of amazing Grace -- The rebirth of Grace Murray Hopper -- The origins of computer programming -- The Harvard Computation Laboratory -- The beginning of a computing community -- The 1947 Harvard symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery -- Staring into the abyss -- The education of a computer -- IBM answers Remington Rand's challenge -- The development of problem-oriented languages -- Distributed invention matures : Grace Hopper and the development of Cobol -- Inventing the information age. |
| Series Title: | Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation. |
| Responsibility: | Kurt Beyer. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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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"Beyer's meticulously researched biography shows how Hopper was one of the first to realise that software was the key to unlocking the power of the computer." -- The Guardian "Bravo to Beyer for unearthing the fascinating, many-faceted history...of a phenomenal technology we take for granted and for portraying a woman of astonishing powers." Booklist Read more...
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