LEADER 05531nam 22007335 450 001 9910437598203321 005 20200703231738.0 010 $a1-4471-5340-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4471-5340-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000015731 035 $a(EBL)1394841 035 $a(OCoLC)870244288 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986827 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11555475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986827 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10938298 035 $a(PQKB)11202976 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4471-5340-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6312412 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10966094 035 $a(PPN)172418038 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000015731 100 $a20130819d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGiants of Computing $eA Compendium of Select, Pivotal Pioneers /$fby Gerard O?Regan 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aLondon :$cSpringer London :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4471-5339-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [299]-302) and index. 327 $aBackground -- Howard Aiken -- Gene Amdahl -- Archimedes -- John Atanasoff -- Charles Babbage -- John Backus -- Gordon Bell -- Tim Berners-Lee -- Dines Bjørner -- George Boole -- Fred Brooks -- Vannevar Bush -- Vint Cerf -- Alonzo Church -- Noam Chomsky -- Edgar Codd -- René Descartes -- Tom DeMarco -- Edsger Dijkstra -- George Devol -- Larry Ellison -- Don Estridge -- Michael Fagan -- Tommy Flowers -- Robert Floyd -- Bill Gates -- James Gosling -- C.A.R Hoare -- Heman Hollerith -- Watts Humphrey -- Kenneth Iverson -- Ivar Jacobson -- Steve Jobs -- Gary Kildall -- Donald Knuth -- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz -- Ada Lovelace -- John McCarthy -- John Mauchly -- Marvin Minsky -- Gordon Moore -- Grace Murray Hopper -- Ken Olsen -- David Parnas -- Dennis Ritchie -- Dana Scott -- John Searle -- Claude Shannon -- William Shockley -- Richard Stallman -- Bjarne Stroustrup -- Alan Turing -- John von Neumann -- Thomas Watson Sr. and Jr. -- Joseph Weizenbaum -- Frederick Williams -- Niklaus Wirth -- Ed Yourdon -- Konrad Zuse -- Epilogue -- Test Yourself Quizzes -- Glossary. 330 $aIt has been upon the shoulders of giants that the modern world has been forged.  This accessible compendium presents an insight into the great minds responsible for the technology which has transformed our lives. Each pioneer is introduced with a brief biography, followed by a concise account of their key contributions to their discipline. The selection covers a broad spread of historical and contemporary figures from theoreticians to entrepreneurs, highlighting the richness of the field of computing.  Topics and features: Describes the lives and machines built by Hermann Hollerith, Vannevar Bush, Howard Aiken, John Atanasoff, Tommy Flowers, John Mauchly, and Konrad Zuse Examines the contributions made by Claude Shannon, John Von Neumann, Alan Turing, and Sir Frederick Williams Reviews such pioneers of commercial computing as John Backus, Fred Brooks, Gordon Moore, William Shockley, Vint Cerf, Don Estridge, Gary Kildall, and Tim Berners-Lee Surveys pivotal software engineers, including Robert Floyd, C.A.R Hoare, Dines Bjorner, Edger Dijkstra, Tom DeMarco, Michael Fagan, Watt Humphries, Ivor Jacobson, David Parnas, and Ed Yourdan Discusses important characters in theoretical computing, such as James Gosling, Grace Murray Hopper, Kenneth Iverson, Donald Knuth, Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Dana Scott, Christopher Strachey, Bjarne Stroustroup, and Niklaus Wirth Includes significant contributors to the field of artificial intelligence, including John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, John Searle, and Joseph Weizenbaum Presents a selection of computer entrepreneurs, including Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Ken Olsen, and Thomas Watson Sr. and Jr.  Suitable for the general reader, this concise and easy-to-read reference will be of interest to anyone curious about the inspiring men and women who have shaped the field of computer science. 606 $aComputers 606 $aHistory 606 $aArtificial intelligence 606 $aProgramming languages (Electronic computers) 606 $aHistory of Computing$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I24024 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 606 $aArtificial Intelligence$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I21000 606 $aProgramming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I14037 615 0$aComputers. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aArtificial intelligence. 615 0$aProgramming languages (Electronic computers). 615 14$aHistory of Computing. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aArtificial Intelligence. 615 24$aProgramming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters. 676 $a004.0922 700 $aO?Regan$b Gerard$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0921504 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437598203321 996 $aGiants of Computing$92543312 997 $aUNINA