Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

by Kurt W. Beyer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262517264
• ISBN13: 9780262517263
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher