The Computer Boys Take Over

The Computer Boys Take Over
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By:"Nathan L. Ensmenger"
"Computers"
Published on 2012-08-24 by MIT Press

This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible.

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This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialists--programmers, systems analysts, and other software developers--who transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining technology of the modern era. As the systems that they built became increasingly powerful and ubiquitous, these specialists became the focus of a series of critiques of the social and organizational impact of electronic computing. To many of their contemporaries, it seemed the \

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