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The Chinese Computer
A Global History of the Information Age
ISBN: 9780262047517
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 28, 2024
The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing.
Peripheral Vision
Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art
ISBN: 9780262548823
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 15, 2023
How the S-C 4020—a mainframe peripheral intended to produce scientific visualizations—shaped a series of early computer art projects that emerged from Bell Labs.
Balkan Cyberia
Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain
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
The Invention of Computer Arithmetic
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The first collection of Leibniz's key writings on the binary system, newly translated, with many previously unpublished in any language.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
A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor
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
ISBN: 9780262542906
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 14, 2021
How the computer became universal.
A Biography of the Pixel
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
An Archaeology of Computer Graphics
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
Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating
ISBN: 9780262542142
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 27, 2021
A laboratory study that investigates how algorithms come into existence.
The Chinese Computer
A Global History of the Information Age
ISBN: 9780262047517
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 28, 2024
The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing.
Peripheral Vision
Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art
ISBN: 9780262548823
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 15, 2023
How the S-C 4020—a mainframe peripheral intended to produce scientific visualizations—shaped a series of early computer art projects that emerged from Bell Labs.
Balkan Cyberia
Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain
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
The Invention of Computer Arithmetic
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
A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor
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
ISBN: 9780262542906
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 14, 2021
How the computer became universal.
A Biography of the Pixel
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
An Archaeology of Computer Graphics
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
Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating
ISBN: 9780262542142
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 27, 2021
A laboratory study that investigates how algorithms come into existence.