The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise

(Part of the History of Computing Series)

by Nathan L. Ensmenger

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This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialists--programmers, systems analysts, and other software developers--who transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262050935

ISBN13:9780262050937

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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