Smarter Than Their Machines : Oral Histories of Pioneers in Interactive Computing.

Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Included are the oral histories of some key pioneers of the computer industry selected by John that led to interactive c...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Cullinane, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2015
Series:ACM Bks.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Included are the oral histories of some key pioneers of the computer industry selected by John that led to interactive computing, such as Richard Bloch, Gene Amdahl, Herbert W. Robinson, Sam Wyly, J.C.R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland, Larry Roberts, Robert Kahn, Marvin Minsky, Michael Dertouzos, and Joseph Traub, as well as his own. John has woven them together via introductions that is, in essence, a personal walk down.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages).
ISBN:9781627055512
1627055517
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.