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[1] From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi (36)
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Subject: Paul Ceruzzi on "History of Modern Computing"
[2] From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk> (126)
Subject: new books
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 06:27:01 +0100
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi
<tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Paul Ceruzzi on "History of Modern Computing"
A History of Modern Computing
second edition
Paul E. Ceruzzi
This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the
first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author
concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the
computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a
commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the
beginning of personal computing in the 1970s; the spread of networking
after 1985; and, in a chapter written for this edition, the period
1995-2001. The new material focuses on the Microsoft antitrust suit, the
rise and fall of the dot-coms, and the advent of open source software,
particularly Linux.
Within the chronological narrative, the book traces several overlapping
threads: the evolution of the computer's internal design; the effect of
economic trends and the Cold War; the long-term role of IBM as a player
and as a target for upstart entrepreneurs; the growth of software from a
hidden element to a major character in the story of computing; and the
recurring issue of the place of information and computing in a democratic
society. The focus is on the United States (though Europe and Japan enter
the story at crucial points), on computing per se rather than on
applications such as artificial intelligence, and on systems that were
sold commercially and installed in quantities.
Paul E. Ceruzzi is Curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the
National Air and Space Museum.
6 x 9, 488 pp., 69 ilus,, paper, ISBN 0-262-53203-4
History of Computing series
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 06:31:40 +0100
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: new books
(1)
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f. Sozialforschung (WZB), Technische
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ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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(2)
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Seeking Strategies for Research and Teaching in a Developing Field
edited by
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Dept. of Industrial Management & Economics, Chalmers University of
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by
Chikara Sasaki
Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Volume 10
edited by
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Dept. of Computer Science, King's College, London, UK
F. Guenthner
Zentrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
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