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When computers were human
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term ""computer"" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientis...
Autor principal: | Grier, David Alan |
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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Princeton University Press
2013
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Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1985555 |
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