It Began with Babbage: The Genesis of Computer Science

by Subrata Dasgupta

As a field, computer science occupies a unique scientific space, in that its subject matter can exist in both physical and abstract realms. An artifact such as software is both tangible and not, and must be classified as something in between, or "liminal." The study and production of liminal artifacts allows for creative possibilities that are, and have been, possible only in computer science.

In It Began with Babbage, computer scientist and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199309418
• ISBN13: 9780199309412
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"