[SIGCIS-Members] Our "Women in Computing" book display

[Brian E Carpenter]

Brian,

That's a great list.

About Ada, there was also:

@book{Baum-bio,
title = {{The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron}},
author = {Baum, Joan},
year = {1986},
publisher = {{Archon Books}},
place = {{Hamden, CT, USA}},
isbn = {0-208-02119-1}
}

There's also quite a bit about Ada's collaboration with Babbage in Doris Langley Moore's "Ada, Countess of Lovelace", 1977, but nothing very technical.

Regards/Ngā mihi
    Brian Carpenter

On 05-Feb-26 06:38, Brian Randell via Members wrote:
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> Hi Peter:
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> Apologies for the delayed reply.
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> I don’t have an exact list of the books currently in our display. Instead, I have the list of books, with their (UK) prices, which were sought for the display initially, not all of which could in the event be obtained. A number of colleagues on SIGCIS helped us decide what to include in this list - and what to exclude!
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> Cheers
> 
> Brian Randell
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> *From: *PETER ECKSTEIN <petereckstein at comcast.net>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at 16:02
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> Brian,
> Some books I didn't recognize. Could you send us all a listing of the titles, etc.?
> Peter Eckstein
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>     On 01/20/2026 3:46 PM EST Brian Randell via Members <members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
>     Hi:
>     Last weekend I took a mixed party of about twenty visitors around the School of Computing at Newcastle University, mainly to see our historical computing display (some ten display cabinets). But I also showed them our display (see attached photo) of books “Women in Computing” - it was the one display that the visitors actually applauded! (It is sponsored by Sage Computing, and we have arranged that additional copies of all the books on display are borrowable from the University Library.)
>     Cheers
>     Brian Randell
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