Hmm. All good choices, but a couple of the authors don't seem to be available on Bookshare. I know Levy's seminal work "Hackers" isn't, and I don't see Markoff or Petroski--at least nothing about computers from Petroski.
Kelby "Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!" --Anonymous
----- Original Message ----- From: "susan l. gerhart" <slger123@xxxxxxxxx To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:16:38 -0600 (CST)Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Books on the Histry of Computers
and the Internet
Great, you've found a fascinating topic. Best authors are Steven
Levy, John
Markoff, don Norman, and Henry Petroski. I could not find my
favorite, when
Hackers stay Up Late.
go to http://computerhistory.org to find some lectures from
legendary figures.
My favorites are the "early computers" the women of eniac.
http://ieee.org also has a podcast of computer history stories
and interviews.
also IBM has an oral history section. and there is the babbage
Institute in
Minnesota.
so, there are books and there are also the still living figures.
for
controversy, look up Alan Turing and admiral grace Hopper.
I hope you find some enjoyable reading and listening.
Susan
Dear Booksharians,
My e-mail is about, well, basically what the subject says its about. For some reason, I have becoc quite interested in the past month in the history of computers, the Internet, hacker culture, etc. What I'm wondering is, do any of you have recommendations of books on those topics that are available on Bookshare?
Kelby
"Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!"
--Anonymous
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