[SIGCIS-Members] new book on history of computing at NSF

[Evan Koblentz]

On 12/9/19 7:20 PM, William Aspray wrote:
> You may be interested in the recent publication of Peter A. Freeman, 
> W. Richards Adrion, and William Aspray,/Computing and the National 
> Science Foundation, 1950-2016: Building a Foundation for Modern 
> Computing/ (ACM Books, 2019, 407 pp.).
>
> Thanks to Janet Abbate, Tom Haigh, and Jeff Yost for serving on the 
> historical advisory committee for the project; and Tom Misa for 
> shepherding the book through the publication process. NSF supported 
> the project with a grant but did not have any editorial control over 
> the content.
>
> The project resulted in approximately 5,000 documents and 50 oral 
> histories being deposited at the Babbage Institute. These materials 
> will eventually be available for scholarly use once the collection has 
> been processed.
>
> -Bill Aspray


Sounds great, but the price is outrageous:

https://www.amazon.com/Computing-National-Science-Foundation-1950-2016/dp/1450372775

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