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<p class="MsoNormal">For some reason the post by Morten Bay didn’t go through, so I am re-sending to the list.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~Listserv Moderator (Sharon Irish)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Morten Bay <mortenbay@live.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Marc Weber <marc@webhistory.org>, Troy Astarte <Troy.Astarte@newcastle.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc: </b>members <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [SIGCIS-Members] Request for biographies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+1 for <i>The Dream Machine</i>. I have yet to read a better trade book on a historical person from that era…or on the era, for that matter.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:marc@webhistory.org">Marc Weber</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, September 3, 2020 10:11 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Troy.Astarte@newcastle.ac.uk">Troy Astarte</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org">members</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Request for biographies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Dream Machine</i> by Mitch Waldrop on J.C.R. Licklider is a real classic. It is also an important history of his entire milieu, and of early work in timesharing, networking, Web-like online systems, etc. It’s a trade book but deeply
researched and referenced. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, Marc<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sep 3, 2020, at 04:31, Troy Astarte <<a href="mailto:Troy.Astarte@newcastle.ac.uk">Troy.Astarte@newcastle.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear SIG-CIS, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is your favourite biography of a scientist or mathematician? I’m particularly interested in modern subjects and those who worked in computing/computer science. Ideally the book would cover the subject’s work in a reasonable level of
technical detail as well as their life and the broader context in which they lived and worked. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I ask because I am considering applying for funding for an essentially biographical project on a computer scientist and I would like to read some (more) biographies first. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">School of Computing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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