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Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950 - 2016: building a foundation for modern computing
Freeman P., Adrion W., Aspray W., ACM, New York, NY, 2019. 1270 pp. Type: Book
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is foundational to modern computing, and this organizational history incorporates oral histories and NSF documents to describe how NSF programs began and grew to become the primary funding agency o...
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Feb 20 2020
From urban legends to political fact-checking: online scrutiny in America, 1990-2015
Aspray W., Cortada J., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 146 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030229-51-1)
In this fascinating five-chapter book, the authors discuss the history of online scrutiny in the US from 1990 to 2015. They review some basic frameworks of online communication; examine the role of online platforms such as Usenet and t...
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Jan 21 2020
Everyday information: the evolution of information seeking in America
Aspray W., Hayes B., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2011. 359 pp. Type: Book
The chapters in this collection of essays cover a wide range of areas, but focus distinctly on the US experience. The book places information gathering at the heart of human experience, and describes how ordinary people as diverse as a...
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Aug 16 2011
Women and information technology: research on underrepresentation
Cohoon J., Aspray W., The MIT Press, 2006. 512 pp. Type: Book (9780262033459)
Women are underrepresented in the computing fields. This excellent book examines research into this problem. This is less of a compliment than you might at first think, however....
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Nov 20 2006
Was Early Entry a Competitive Advantage? US Universities That Entered Computing in the 1940s
Aspray W. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 22(3): 42-87, 2000. Type: Article
“Was early entry a competitive advantage in academic computing?” is the question asked by Aspray. His base group consists of five universities that initiated computing programs in the 1940s: MIT, Harvard, the Univer...
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Jun 1 2000
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