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411 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691133829
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 16 September 2007
Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term computer referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances...
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411 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691133829
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 16 September 2007
Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term computer referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings