When Computers Were Human by David Alan Grier

When Computers Were Human

David Alan Grier

411 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology informative inspiring medium-paced
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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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