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The computer boys take over : computers, programmers, and the politics of technical expertise

Author: Nathan Ensmenger
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2012.
Series: History of computing
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This title tells the contentious history of the computer programmers who developed the software that made the computer revolution possible.
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Genre/Form: History
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nathan Ensmenger
ISBN: 9780262517966 0262517965 9780262050937 0262050935
OCLC Number: 797975219
Notes: Originally published: 2010.
Description: pages cm.
Series Title: History of computing
Responsibility: Nathan Ensmenger.

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