[Air-L] History of Computers

[Xanat Meza]

Hello,
this one has a sociological perspective on the history of computers: 
Agar, J. (2003), The government machine: A revolutionary history of the computer, MIT press
Xanat V. Meza

Ph.D. candidate - Kansei, Behavioral and Brain SciencesUniversity of Tsukuba
M.A. Media and Communication
Yeungnam University
B.D. Graphic Communication Design
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
 

    El sábado, 23 de marzo de 2019 4:36:53 a. m. GMT+9, Shulman, Stu <stu at texifter.com> escribió:  
 
 The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Information:_A_History,_a_Theory,_a_Flood>
James Gleick

For sure, the most important book/audiobook I have ever read (about 6
times).

~Stu

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 3:32 PM Meg Leta Jones <Meg.Jones at georgetown.edu>
wrote:

> Try Computer: A History of the Information Machine by Martin Campbell-Kelly
> and William Aspray
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 3:17 PM Peter Timusk <peterotimusk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, there is a good 1980s book from MIT Press that I like for this.
> >
> >  the Computer Comes of Age
> > The People, the Hardware, and the Software
> >
> > By René Moreau
> >
> > Translated by J. Howlett
> >
> >
> > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computer-comes-age
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 15:11 Adriana de Souza e Silva, <aasilva at ncsu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I’m looking for a text (book, article, a few chapters) that tells the
> > > history of computers, starting from Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace’s
> > > Analytical Engine to present days. This is for a 200-level
> undergraduate
> > > class, so I’m trying to summarize the topic as much as possible, to
> give
> > > students a general overview in a couple of classes.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > _________________________
> > > Adriana de Souza e Silva
> > > University Faculty Scholar
> > > Professor
> > > Department of Communication
> > > http://www.souzaesilva.com
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
> > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
> > >
> > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> > > http://www.aoir.org/
> > _______________________________________________
> > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
> > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
> >
> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> > http://www.aoir.org/
> _______________________________________________
> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>
> Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> http://www.aoir.org/



-- 
Dr. Stuart W. Shulman
Founder and CEO, Texifter
Cell: 413-992-8513
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman
_______________________________________________
The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
http://www.aoir.org/