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| #1485298 in Books | Princeton University Press | 2005-03-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.08 x6.62 x9.60l,1.60 | File type: PDF | 424 pages | ||24 of 25 people found the following review helpful.| It is a shame that these people are being forgotten|By Neurasthenic|Once upon a time, equations that could not be solved analytically were solved numerically by teams of people who were, in many cases, capable of only rudimentary mathematics. More gifted mathematicians broke complex problems into algorithmic steps small enough to be worked by hand, and they would then be tack||| Winner of the 2006 Book Award in Computers/Internet, Independent Publisher Book Awards|
"David Alan Grier's recovery of the wonderfully rich story of human computers . . . ask[s] why human computers were made to disappear in the first pl
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 scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.When Computers Were Human | David Alan Grier. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
