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  • The Invisible History of Museum Computing: The Behind-The-Scenes Magic of Museum Technology Professionals by Marty, Paul
    Paul Marty

    The Invisible History of Museum Computing: The Behind-The-Scenes Magic of Museum Technology Professionals

    The Invisible History of Museum Computing uses engaging quotes from a one-of-a-kind collection of oral histories gathered by the authors from more than fifty current and former museum technology professionals working in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia to shine a light on the...
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  • The Invisible History of Museum Computing: The Behind-The-Scenes Magic of Museum Technology Professionals by Marty, Paul
    Paul Marty

    The Invisible History of Museum Computing: The Behind-The-Scenes Magic of Museum Technology Professionals

    The Invisible History of Museum Computing uses engaging quotes from a one-of-a-kind collection of oral histories gathered by the authors from more than fifty current and former museum technology professionals working in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia to shine a light on the...
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  • The Jupiter ACE Manual - 40th Anniversary Edition by Vickers, Steven
    Steven Vickers

    The Jupiter ACE Manual - 40th Anniversary Edition

    Launched at the peak of the legendary 1980s microcomputer rivalry, the Jupiter ACE was the most intriguing machine of them all, marketed by Jupiter Cantab. This company was founded by Richard Altwasser and Stephen Vickers - the key hardware and software designers for the...
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  • Code Breakers: Women Who Shaped the Digital World by Sinclair, Clara J.
    Clara J. Sinclair

    Code Breakers: Women Who Shaped the Digital World

    Extraordinary Women Who Revolutionized TechnologyEmbark on an exhilarating journey through the untold stories of the fierce female trailblazers who paved the way in the digital world."Code Breakers: Women Who Shaped the Digital World" unveils the riveting lives and groundbreaking achievements of the icons in...
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  • Living in the IT Era: Introduction to Basic Computing by Gangoso, Paul Omar P.
    Paul Omar P. Gangoso

    Living in the IT Era: Introduction to Basic Computing

    This book is an introductory course to basic computing in Philippine tertiary education programs.Author: Paul Omar P. GangosoISBN-13: 9798864096857Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2024Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d
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  • ZX Spectrum Demoscene by Marecki, Piotr
    Piotr Marecki

    ZX Spectrum Demoscene

    This book describes three phenomena in digital media. Firstly, it concerns the 8-bit personal computer ZX Spectrum produced by the British company Sinclair Research since 1982. As a publication about a specific platform, it falls into the mainstream category of platform studies and it...
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  • The Machine in the Ghost: Digitality and Its Consequences by Boast, Robin
    Robin Boast

    The Machine in the Ghost: Digitality and Its Consequences

    We live in a digital age, buy and sell in a digital economy, and consume--oh do we consume--digital media. The digital lies at the heart of our contemporary, information-heavy, media-saturated lives, and although we may talk about the digital as a cultural phenomenon, the...
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  • First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC by John Von Neumann
    John Von Neumann

    First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC

    This book presents the first draft of a report on the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC), an early computer that was designed to facilitate the execution of long computations. Von Neumann provides a detailed analysis of the design and capabilities of the machine,...
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  • Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with Weizac, 1955-1963 by Corry, Leo
    Leo Corry

    Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with Weizac, 1955-1963

    This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Computer (WEIZAC), to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of...
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  • Seven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks: Rediscovering the Tools That Built the Future by Zinoviev, Dmitry
    Dmitry Zinoviev

    Seven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks: Rediscovering the Tools That Built the Future

    Immerse yourself in the intricate world of forgotten programming languages with Seven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks. This comprehensive guide serves as a bridge to understanding and revitalizing legacy code, offering invaluable insights into the evolution of programming. With hands-on tutorials spanning languages from...
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  • Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer by Juul, Jesper
    Jesper Juul

    Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer

    The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s--the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun. The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of...
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  • 8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command by Rubens, Alex
    Alex Rubens

    8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command

    Before Call of Duty, before World of Warcraft, before even Super Mario Bros., the video game industry exploded in the late 1970s with the advent of the video arcade. Leading the charge was Atari Inc., the creator of, among others, the iconic game Missile...
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  • Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator by Houston, Keith
    Keith Houston

    Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

    Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean, and accompanied us to the moon. The pocket calculator...
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  • Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State by Epstein, Katherine C.
    Katherine C. Epstein

    Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State

    A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two British inventors, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, became fascinated by a major military question:...
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  • How to Make leather Shoe: The Simple Guide to Learning Best Technique About How to Make leather Shoe by Norris, Shelly
    Shelly Norris

    How to Make leather Shoe: The Simple Guide to Learning Best Technique About How to Make leather Shoe

    "Dive into the world of bespoke footwear with 'How to Make Leather Shoes, ' an unparalleled guide by master craftsman Shelly Norris . This comprehensive manual unveils the artistry and precision behind crafting exquisite leather shoes. From selecting premium hides to perfecting stitching techniques,...
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  • Serious Machines: The Story of the Computers That Built the Modern World by Husain, Amir
    Amir Husain

    Serious Machines: The Story of the Computers That Built the Modern World

    "Few books have captured the complexity and excitement of the last forty-some-odd years of advances in IT technology as effectively as Serious Machines." -Bob Stearns, Cofounder and Managing Director, Sternhill Associates, Past Chief Technology Officer, Compaq ComputerYou're invited on a journey into the past,...
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  • The History of the Gpu - New Developments by Peddie, Jon
    Jon Peddie

    The History of the Gpu - New Developments

    This third book in the three-part series on the History of the GPU covers the second to sixth eras of the GPU, which can be found in anything that has a display or screen. The GPU is now part of supercomputers, PCs, Smartphones and...
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  • History of Hacking by Jones, Brandon
    Brandon Jones

    History of Hacking

    This book is a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic world of hacking and cybersecurity. It delves into the fascinating journey of hacking from its early days of curiosity and exploration to the sophisticated and high-stakes battles of today. Through detailed narratives, expert insights, and...
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  • AI & I: An Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence by Charniak, Eugene
    Eugene Charniak

    AI & I: An Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence

    A concise and illuminating history of the field of artificial intelligence from one of its earliest and most respected pioneers. AI & I is an intellectual history of the field of artificial intelligence from the perspective of one of its first practitioners, Eugene Charniak....
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  • Virtual Reality in Religion and Spirituality: Exploring Faith in the Digital Age by Rivera, Sebastian Clarence
    Sebastian Clarence Rivera

    Virtual Reality in Religion and Spirituality: Exploring Faith in the Digital Age

    Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey where age-old spirituality meets the cutting-edge technology of Virtual Reality. "Virtual Reality in Religion and Spirituality: Exploring Faith in the Digital Age", authored by the thoughtful and innovative Sebastian Clarence Rivera, enlightens readers about an unexplored arena...
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  • Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium by Levinson, Paul
    Paul Levinson

    Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium

    Marshall McLuhan died on the last day of 1980, on the doorstep of the personal computer revolution. Yet McLuhan's ideas anticipated a world of media in motion, and its impact on our lives on the dawn of the new millennium.Paul Levinson examines why McLuhan's...
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  • Computer Science: An Illustrated History of the World's Smartest Machines (100 Ponderables) by Jackson, Tom
    Tom Jackson

    Computer Science: An Illustrated History of the World's Smartest Machines (100 Ponderables)

    Here is the essential guide to computers, an authoritative reference book and timeline about the most powerful tools ever devised. Computing has been the sharp end of cutting-edge technology for a generation and it now permeates all our lives. But to many computer science...
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  • The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West by Karp, Alexander C.
    Alexander C. Karp

    The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

    From one of tech's boldest thinkers and his longtime deputy and advisor, a sweeping indictment of Silicon Valley, showing how the West has slid into a culture of complacency, even as we enter a new era of mounting global threats. Silicon Valley has lost...
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  • Truth-Seeking in an Age of (Mis)Information Overload by Castillo, David R.
    David R. Castillo

    Truth-Seeking in an Age of (Mis)Information Overload

    The unprecedented spread of false and misleading information is the flip side of the Internet's promise of universal access and information democratization. This volume features original contributions from scholars working on the challenge of misinformation across a wide range of STEM, humanities, and art...
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  • Now the Chips Are Down: The BBC Micro by Gazzard, Alison
    Alison Gazzard

    Now the Chips Are Down: The BBC Micro

    The story of a pioneering microcomputer: its beginnings as part of a national Computer Literary Project, its innovative hardware, and its creative uses. In 1982, the British Broadcasting Corporation launched its Computer Literacy Project, intended "to introduce interested adults to the world of computers...
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  • Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History by Eve, Martin Paul
    Martin Paul Eve

    Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History

    Digital spaces are saturated with metaphor: we have pages, sites, mice, and windows. Yet, in the world of digital textuality, these metaphors no longer function as we might expect. Martin Paul Eve calls attention to the digital-textual metaphors that condition our experience of digital...
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  • The Microsoft Monopoly Controversy: A Historical Analysis of Whether Microsoft Was an Illegal Monopoly in the 1990s by Stawski, Scott a.
    Scott a. Stawski

    The Microsoft Monopoly Controversy: A Historical Analysis of Whether Microsoft Was an Illegal Monopoly in the 1990s

    Was Microsoft an illegal monopoly that engaged in abusive practices during the late 1990's and early 2000's? The debate as to whether Microsoft was an illegal monopoly continues to this day. Microsoft has received much media coverage surrounding the legal cases both in the...
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  • Computers: The Life Story of a Technology by Swedin, Eric G.
    Eric G. Swedin

    Computers: The Life Story of a Technology

    A great technological and scientific innovation of the last half of the twentieth century, the computer has revolutionized how we organize information, how we communicate with each other, and even the way we think about the human mind. Computers have eased the drudgery of...
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  • Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything by Levy, Steven
    Steven Levy

    Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

    The creation of the Mac in 1984 catapulted America into the digital millennium, captured a fanatic cult audience, and transformed the computer industry into an unprecedented mix of technology, economics, and show business. Now veteran technology writer and Newsweek senior editor Steven Levy zooms...
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  • Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever by James, Nancy P.
    Nancy P. James

    Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever

    The new millennium. The Year 2000. Beyond Mayan prophecies, a more immediate danger loomed: Two-digit year date fields had been used by software programmers for decades to conserve expensive computer storage space. As a consequence, legacy systems reading "00" on January 1, 2000 would...
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  • Artificial Intelligence: From Machine Learning to Super-Intelligence and the Singularity by Urwin, Richard
    Richard Urwin

    Artificial Intelligence: From Machine Learning to Super-Intelligence and the Singularity

    What is artificial intelligence? What problems does it solve? Should we fear its potential? In this highly accessible guide to the subject, Richard Urwin explains how AI came about and how it has developed over the years through the construction of ever more sophisticated...
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  • Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet by Brunton, Finn
    Finn Brunton

    Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet

    What spam is, how it works, and how it has shaped online communities and the Internet itself.Author: Finn BruntonISBN-10: 026252757XISBN-13: 9780262527576Publisher: MIT PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2015Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.20h x 5.10w x 0.70d
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  • The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer by Agar, Jon
    Jon Agar

    The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer

    An examination of technology and politics in the evolution of the British "government machine."Author: Jon AgarISBN-10: 026253388XISBN-13: 9780262533881Publisher: MIT PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2016Pages: 564Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
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  • Computations and Computing Devices in Mathematics Education Before the Advent of Electronic Calculators by Volkov, Alexei
    Alexei Volkov

    Computations and Computing Devices in Mathematics Education Before the Advent of Electronic Calculators

    Introduction, by A. Volkov and V. Freiman.- Part 1. Middle East and Greece in Antiquity and Middle Ages.- Chapter 1. "Computation in Early Mesopotamia," by Duncan Melville.- Chapter 2. "Computations in Ancient Mesopotamian Mathematics: from Ur III to the Seleucid period", by Jens Hoyrup.-...
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  • Pick, Click, Flick!: The Story of Interaction Techniques by Myers, Brad A.
    Brad A. Myers

    Pick, Click, Flick!: The Story of Interaction Techniques

    This book provides a comprehensive study of the many ways to interact with computers and computerized devices. An "interaction technique" starts when the user performs an action that causes an electronic device to respond and includes the direct feedback from the device to the...
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  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050): The Truth About AI & Why It's Only a Tool by Aggarwal, Alok
    Alok Aggarwal

    The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050): The Truth About AI & Why It's Only a Tool

    The Essential Guide to Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Understanding How It Is Already Transforming the World Around Us"A deeply researched and beautifully put together treatise on the most disruptive subject of our times."- Ashok Belani, CTO & EVP, Schlumberger"Very cool and timely!"- Tom Leighton,...
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  • Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art by Patterson, Zabet
    Zabet Patterson

    Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art

    How the S-C 4020--a mainframe peripheral intended to produce scientific visualizations--shaped a series of early computer art projects that emerged from Bell Labs. In 1959, the electronics manufacturer Stromberg-Carlson produced the S-C 4020, a device that allowed mainframe computers to present and preserve images....
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  • Mars Colonization: The Red Planet's Uncertain Future by Upton, Amelia
    Amelia Upton

    Mars Colonization: The Red Planet's Uncertain Future

    Mars Colonization: The Red Planet's Uncertain FutureEmbark on an incredible journey with Amelia Upton as he delves deep into the breath-taking ambition of mankind's quest to colonize Mars. Transcending the bounds of earthly realms, this special report captivates the mind, bridging the gap between...
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  • The Eudaemonic Pie: The Bizarre True Story of How a Band of Physicists and Computer Wizards Took On Las Vegas by Bass, Thomas A.
    Thomas A. Bass

    The Eudaemonic Pie: The Bizarre True Story of How a Band of Physicists and Computer Wizards Took On Las Vegas

    The Eudaemonic Pie is the bizarre true story of how a band of physicists and computer wizards took on Las Vegas.Author: Thomas A. BassISBN-10: 1504040694ISBN-13: 9781504040693Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2017Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d
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  • Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Lendino, Jamie
    Jamie Lendino

    Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation

    Atari 8-bit computers are the first machines that truly bridged the divide between video game players and home computer enthusiasts. The Atari 400 and 800 signaled the start of a new era in computing. Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation is the...
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  • Linking the World's Information: Essays on Tim Berners-Lee's Invention of the World Wide Web by Seneviratne, Oshani
    Oshani Seneviratne

    Linking the World's Information: Essays on Tim Berners-Lee's Invention of the World Wide Web

    When Sir Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the foundations of the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989, his manager called it "vague, but exciting." How things have changed since then! Twenty-six years later, Berners-Lee won the ACM Turing Award "for inventing the World Wide...
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  • The Digital Hand: Volume II: How Computers Changed the Work of American Financial, Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment Industri by Cortada, James W.
    James W. Cortada

    The Digital Hand: Volume II: How Computers Changed the Work of American Financial, Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment Industri

    The Digital Hand, Volume 2, is a historical survey of how computers and telecommunications have been deployed in over a dozen industries in the financial, telecommunications, media and entertainment sectors over the past half century. It is past of a sweeping three-volume description of...
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  • MacToons: A MacPaint Tribute to the Original Macintosh by Cohen, Conceicao
    Concei艫o Cohen

    MacToons: A MacPaint Tribute to the Original Macintosh

    A collection of 30 comic strips created in MacPaint from 1984-1987 celebrating the original Macintosh.Author: Concei艫o Cohen, MacKay BellISBN-10: 153909071XISBN-13: 9781539090717Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2017Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.11d
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  • Rendering History: The Women of Acm-W by Townsend, Gloria Childress
    Gloria Childress Townsend

    Rendering History: The Women of Acm-W

    The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing women who created ACM-W (ACM's Committee on Women in Computing) in 1993. This book, published in celebration of ACM-W's 30th birthday, divides the history of ACM-W into three...
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  • Rendering History: The Women of Acm-W by Townsend, Gloria Childress
    Gloria Childress Townsend

    Rendering History: The Women of Acm-W

    The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing women who created ACM-W (ACM's Committee on Women in Computing) in 1993. This book, published in celebration of ACM-W's 30th birthday, divides the history of ACM-W into three...
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  • A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer by Johnson, George
    George Johnson

    A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer

    In this remarkably illustrative and thoroughly accessible look at one of the most intriguing frontiers in science and computers, award-winning New York Times writer George Johnson reveals the fascinating world of quantum computing--the holy grail of super computers where the computing power of single...
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  • Queer Techné: Bodies, Rhetorics, and Desire in the History of Computing by Fancher, Patricia
    Patricia Fancher

    Queer Techné: Bodies, Rhetorics, and Desire in the History of Computing

    Queer Techné offers an intimate portrait of the practices, embodied knowledge, desires, and friendships that animate the technical innovation of early digital computing. This book explores archival materials from the Manchester University National Archive for the History of Computing, the site of some of...
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  • Pick, Click, Flick!: The Story of Interaction Techniques by Myers, Brad A.
    Brad A. Myers

    Pick, Click, Flick!: The Story of Interaction Techniques

    This book provides a comprehensive study of the many ways to interact with computers and computerized devices. An "interaction technique" starts when the user performs an action that causes an electronic device to respond, and includes the direct feedback from the device to the...
    $89.95
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  • Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of Pioneers in Interactive Computing by Cullinane, John
    John Cullinane

    Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of Pioneers in Interactive Computing

    Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Included are the oral histories of some key pioneers of the computer industry selected by John that led...
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  • Reflections on Programming Systems: Historical and Philosophical Aspects by de Mol, Liesbeth
    Liesbeth de Mol

    Reflections on Programming Systems: Historical and Philosophical Aspects

    This book presents a historical and philosophical analysis of programming systems, intended as large computational systems like, for instance, operating systems, programmed to control processes. The introduction to the volume emphasizes the contemporary need of providing a foundational analysis of such systems, rooted in...
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