Giants of Computing (Record no. 94833)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781447153405
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-4471-5340-5
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA76.17
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Subject category code U
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Subject category code COM080000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 004.09
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name O’Regan, Gerard.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Giants of Computing
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Pioneers /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Gerard O’Regan.
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-- Springer London :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2013.
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Extent XXI, 306 p. 113 illus.
Other physical details online resource.
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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 Ellison -- Don Estridge -- Michael Fagan -- Tommy Flowers -- Robert Floyd -- Bill Gates -- James Gosling -- C.A.R Hoare -- Heman Hollerith -- Watts Humphrey -- Kenneth Iverson -- Ivar Jacobson -- Steve Jobs -- Gary Kildall -- Donald Knuth -- Gottfried Wilhelm 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 Stroustrup -- Alan Turing -- John von Neumann -- Thomas Watson Sr. and Jr. -- Joseph Weizenbaum -- Frederick Williams -- Niklaus Wirth -- Ed Yourdon -- Konrad Zuse -- Epilogue -- Test Yourself Quizzes -- Glossary.
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Summary, etc It has been upon the shoulders of giants that the modern world has been forged.  This accessible compendium presents an insight into the great minds responsible for the technology which has transformed our lives. Each pioneer is introduced with a brief biography, followed by a concise account of their key contributions to their discipline. The selection covers a broad spread of historical and contemporary figures from theoreticians to entrepreneurs, highlighting the richness of the field of computing.  Topics and features: Describes the lives and machines built by Hermann Hollerith, Vannevar Bush, Howard Aiken, John Atanasoff, Tommy Flowers, John Mauchly, and Konrad Zuse Examines the contributions made by Claude Shannon, John Von Neumann, Alan Turing, and Sir Frederick Williams Reviews such pioneers of commercial computing as John Backus, Fred Brooks, Gordon Moore, William Shockley, Vint Cerf, Don Estridge, Gary Kildall, and Tim Berners-Lee Surveys pivotal software engineers, including Robert Floyd, C.A.R Hoare, Dines Bjorner, Edger Dijkstra, Tom DeMarco, Michael Fagan, Watt Humphries, Ivor Jacobson, David Parnas, and Ed Yourdan Discusses important characters in theoretical computing, such as James Gosling, Grace Murray Hopper, Kenneth Iverson, Donald Knuth, Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Dana Scott, Christopher Strachey, Bjarne Stroustroup, and Niklaus Wirth Includes significant contributors to the field of artificial intelligence, including John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, John Searle, and Joseph Weizenbaum Presents a selection of computer entrepreneurs, including Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Ken Olsen, and Thomas Watson Sr. and Jr.  Suitable for the general reader, this concise and easy-to-read reference will be of interest to anyone curious about the inspiring men and women who have shaped the field of computer science.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer science.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Artificial intelligence.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer Science.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History of Computing.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History of Science.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781447153399
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5340-5
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