The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise

by Nathan L. Ensmenger

Book Overview

This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialists--programmers, systems analysts, and other software developers--who transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262050935
• ISBN13: 9780262050937
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher