When computers were human / David Alan Grier.
Grier, David Alan, 1955 February 14-
2005
QA303.2 .G75 2005 (Mapit)
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Title When computers were human / David Alan Grier.
Author Grier, David Alan, 1955 February 14-
ISBN 0691091579 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2005.
Language English
Description viii, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number QA303.2 .G75 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 510/.92/2
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-400) and index.
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