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The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today’s personal computers that sparked the information age.

Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

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    404 pages

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    10 February 2012

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The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today’s personal computers that sparked the information age.A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) would go like this- a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and finds herself on the front lines of the computer revolution. She works ha…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262517263
ISBN-10:0262517264
Author:Kurt W. Beyer
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:404
Release Date:10 February 2012
Weight:386g
Dimensions:203mm x 137mm x 21mm
Series:Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series
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Critics Review

“Bravo to Beyer for unearthing the fascinating, many-faceted history…of aphenomenal technology we take for granted and for portraying a woman of astonishing powers.“Booklist

Beyer’s meticulously researched biography shows how Hopper was one of the first to realise that software was the key to unlocking the power of the computer.

—The Guardian

Bravo to Beyer for unearthing the fascinating, many-faceted history…of a phenomenal technology we take for granted and for portraying a woman of astonishing powers.

—Booklist

About The Author

Kurt W. Beyer

Kurt W. Beyer is a former professor at the United States Naval Academy and lectures regularly on the process of technological innovation. He is a cofounder of a digital media services company and has authored multiple patents (pending) on high speed digital data processing.

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