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Balkan Cyberia

Balkan Cyberia

Balkan Cyberia

Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain

by Victor Petrov

ISBN: 9780262545129

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 13, 2023

How Bulgaria transformed the computer industry behind the Iron Curtain—and the consequences of that transformation for a society that dreamt of a brighter future.
Leibniz on Binary

Leibniz on Binary

Leibniz on Binary

The Invention of Computer Arithmetic

by Lloyd Strickland and Harry R. Lewis

ISBN: 9780262544344

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 15, 2022

The first collection of Leibniz's key writings on the binary system, newly translated, with many previously unpublished in any language.
Makers of the Microchip

Makers of the Microchip

Makers of the Microchip

A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor

by Christophe Lécuyer and David C. Brock

Foreword by Jay Last

ISBN: 9780262546263

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 25, 2022

The first years of the company that developed the microchip and created the model for a successful Silicon Valley start-up.
A New History of Modern Computing

A New History of Modern Computing

A New History of Modern Computing

by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi

ISBN: 9780262542906

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 14, 2021

How the computer became universal.
A Biography of the Pixel

A Biography of the Pixel

A Biography of the Pixel

by Alvy Ray Smith

ISBN: 9780262542456

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

The pixel as the organizing principle of all pictures, from cave paintings to Toy Story.
Image Objects

Image Objects

Image Objects

An Archaeology of Computer Graphics

by Jacob Gaboury

ISBN: 9780262045032

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

How computer graphics transformed the computer from a calculating machine into an interactive medium, as seen through the histories of five technical objects.
The Constitution of Algorithms

The Constitution of Algorithms

The Constitution of Algorithms

Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating

by Florian Jaton

Foreword by Geoffrey C. Bowker

ISBN: 9780262542142

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 27, 2021

A laboratory study that investigates how algorithms come into existence.
Your Computer Is on Fire

Your Computer Is on Fire

Your Computer Is on Fire

Edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks and Kavita Philip

Afterword by Kavita Philip and Benjamin Peters

ISBN: 9780262539739

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 9, 2021

Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.
Ideas That Created the Future

Ideas That Created the Future

Ideas That Created the Future

Classic Papers of Computer Science

Edited by Harry R. Lewis

ISBN: 9780262045308

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 2, 2021

Classic papers by thinkers ranging from Aristotle and Leibniz to Norbert Wiener and Gordon Moore that chart the evolution of computer science.
Algorithms

Algorithms

Algorithms

by Panos Louridas

ISBN: 9780262539029

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 18, 2020

An accessible introduction to algorithms, explaining not just what they are but how they work, with examples from a wide range of application areas.
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