Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age
by Kurt W. Beyer · first published 2009
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This is a biography which explores the career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers.
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"Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age" is a great book: http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Information-Lemelson-Studies...
on “Ask HN: How to learn about the history of computing?” ↗- ENIAC - The triumphs and tragedies of the world's first computer - Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age - From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog - a history of the software industry - History of programming languages Volumes 1 to 3
on “Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books?” ↗The computer boys take over - computers, programmers, and the politics of technical expertise (2012): https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Boys-Take-Over-Programmers/d... Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (2009): https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Information-Lemelson-Studie... From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog - a history of the software industry (2003): https://www.amazon.com/Airline-Reservations-Sonic-Hedgehog-C...
on “Book recommendations about the history of programming” ↗Slightly off topic, but has anyone read "Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age"[1]? It's been on my wishlist for ages, but I've not got round to buying/reading it yet. [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Invention-Information-Lemelson-Studi...
on “Today's Google Doodle: Grace Hopper” ↗Or to quote Beyer's Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age: >Common sense would dictate that the most experienced programmers should have been assigned to these difficult tasks, but, as Hopper glibly explained, young people did not know that they were supposed…
on “Famous Unsolved Math Problems as Homework” ↗Yes, it made a racket! There is a description of the Harvard Mark I crashing in Beyer's "Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age": > Hopper, Campbell, and Bloch invested substantial energy in developing practices and procedures for debugging. Like physicians, they identified symptoms, made diagnoses, and prescribed treatments.…
on “User Manual for the Harvard Mark 1 Electro-Mechanical Computer (1946)” ↗