Freebook! - Buy Two, Get One Free
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to PowellsBooks.news for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's

Recently Viewed clear list

Original Essays | September 9, 2013

Chris Bolton: IMG A Smash Is Born

4 comments By Chris Bolton

Editor's note: Chris Bolton is not only a former Powell's employee, he was also once the primary writer for this blog. So we are particularly proud... Continue »
  1. $13.29 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Smash: Trial by Fire

    Chris Bolton and Kyle Bolton 9780763655969
spacer
Ships free on qualified orders.
$59.99
New Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
available for shipping or prepaid pickup only
Available for In-store Pickup
in 7 to 12 days
Qty Store Section
6 Remote Warehouse Computers Reference- History and Society

More copies of this ISBN

Giants of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Pioneers

by

Giants of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Pioneers Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

It has been upon the shoulders of giants that the modern world has been forged.

Synopsis:

This book offers fascinating insight into the great minds behind the computing technology that has transformed modern life. From theoreticians to entrepreneurs, each pioneer is introduced with a brief biography, and a concise account of their contributions.
back to top

About the Author

Dr. Gerard O'Regan is a CMMI software process improvement consultant with research interests including software quality and software process improvement; mathematical approaches to software quality; and the history of computing. He is the author of the Springer titles "Mathematics in Computing", "A Brief History of Computing", "Introduction to Software Process Improvement", "Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality" and "A Practical Approach to Software Quality".
back to top

Table of Contents

Background Howard Aiken Gene Amdahl Archimedes John Atanasoff Charles Babbage John Backus Gordon Bell Tim Berners-Lee Dines Bjørner George Boole Fred Brooks Vannevar Bush Vint Cerf Alonzo Church Noam Chomsky Edgar Codd René Descartes Tom DeMarco Edsger Dijkstra George Devol Larry Elison Don Estridge Michael Fagan Tommy Flowers Robert Floyd Bill Gates James Gosling C.A.R Hoare Hemann Hollerith Watt Humphries Kenneth Iverson Ivar Jacobson Steve Jobs Gary Kildall Donald Knuth Wilhelm Gottfried Leibniz Ada Lovelace John McCarthy John Mauchly Marvin Minsky Gordon Moore Grace Murray Hopper Ken Olsen David Parnas Dennis Ritchie Dana Scott John Searle Claude Shannon William Shockley Richard Stallman Bjarne StroustrupAlan Turing John von Neumann Thomas Watson Sr. and Jr. Joseph Weizenbaum Frederick Williams Niklaus Wirth Ed Yourdon Konrad Zuse Epilogue Test Yourself Quizzes Glossary

back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9781447153399
Author:
O'regan, Gerard
Publisher:
Springer
Author:
O'Regan, Gerard
Subject:
Computer Entrepreneurs
Subject:
Early Computer Pioneers
Subject:
History of Artificial Intelligence
Subject:
History of Commercial Computing
Subject:
History of Programming Languages
Subject:
History of Software Engineering
Subject:
History of Theoretical Computing
Subject:
Origins of Computing
Subject:
history of computing
Subject:
History of science
Subject:
Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Subject:
Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters
Subject:
Computers Reference-History and Society
Copyright:
2014
Edition Description:
2014
Publication Date:
20130831
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Language:
English
Pages:
334
Dimensions:
235 x 155 mm
back to top

Related Subjects

Computers and Internet » Computers Reference » History and Society
Computers and Internet » Software Engineering » Programming and Languages
Health and Self-Help » Health and Medicine » General
Health and Self-Help » Health and Medicine » General Medicine
Reference » Science Reference » Technology
Science and Mathematics » History of Science » General
Science and Mathematics » Mathematics » Applied

Giants of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Pioneers New Hardcover
0 stars - 0 reviews
$59.99 In Stock
Product details 334 pages Springer - English 9781447153399 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , This book offers fascinating insight into the great minds behind the computing technology that has transformed modern life. From theoreticians to entrepreneurs, each pioneer is introduced with a brief biography, and a concise account of their contributions.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.