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Author: Nathan L. Ensmenger
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0262050935

The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing)

This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-20th century and the people who made it possible. Download The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialists-programmers, systems analysts, and other software developers-who transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining technology of the modern era.A Known alternatively as "whiz kids," "hackers," and "gurus," this new breed of technical specialists were alternately admired for their technical prowess and despised for their eccentric mannerisms and the disruptive potential of the technologies they developed.A As the Search and find a lot of computer books in many category availabe for free download.

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