When computers were human
Grier, David Alan, 1955 February 14-2007
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Computers were developed to meet a need for repeated, fast, reliable calculations in science and industry. The need existed long before the first computer and for two centuries was met by people trained to do hard computational labour. This text looks at the work of this all but forgotten community.
Main title:
When computers were human / David Alan Grier.
Imprint:
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Collation:
viii, 411 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-400) and index.
ISBN:
9780691133829 (pbk)
Dewey class:
518.0922518
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
433472