Here are some autobiographies / memoirs: Paul Ceruzzi _________________________________ Allen Paul Idea Man 2011 Portfolio/Penguin Bartik Jean Jennings Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that changed the world 2013 Truman State University Press Beranek Leo Riding the Waves: a life in sound, science, and industry 2008 MIT Berners-Lee Tim Weaving the Web 1999 Harper Getting Ivan A. All in a Lifetime: Science in the defense of democracy 1989 New York Grosch Herbert R.J. Computer: Bit slices from a life 1991 Novato, CA Hardy G.H. A Mathematician's Apology 1976 London House Charles H. Permission Denied: Odyssey of an Intrapreneur 2012 Menlo Park, CA Lukoff Herman
From Dits to Bits…: A personal history of the electronic computer 1979 Portland, OR Mims Forrest M. Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era 1986 New York Morse Philip M. In at the Beginnings: A Physicist's Life 1977 Cambridge Ornstein Severo M. Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983 2002 Osborne Adam Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of Osborne Computer Corporation 1984 Berkeley, CA Torvalds Linus Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary 2001 New York Ulam S.M. Adventures of a Mathematician 1976 New York Watson Thomas J. Jr. Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond 1991 New York Wiener Norbert Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth 1966 Cambridge Wiener Norbert I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy 1973 Cambridge Wilkes Maurice Memoirs of a Computer Pioneer 1985 Cambridge Zuse Konrad Computer - My Life, the 1993 Berlin [And two anthologies] Lee J.A.N. Computer Pioneers 1995 Los Alamitos, CA Northrup Mary Collective Biographies: American Computer Pioneers 1998 Springfield, NJ
________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Marc Weber <marc@webhistory.org> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 7:07 PM To: Brian Berg <brianberg@gmail.com> Cc: members@sigcis org <members@sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Request for biographies External Email - Exercise Caution It’s a wonderful book, and thank you to Severo for making it publicly accessible! Severo also did an oral history<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerhistory.org%2Fcollections%2Fcatalog%2F102738018&data=02%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C0379520e2895493fb81508d851f082bb%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637349440713900806&sdata=Btqz%2BvNlbboh0b8251O9yMe1wQbaM0%2BmnezFVE2R1nM%3D&reserved=0> with us, as did Dave Walden and several of the other folks being mentioned in this thread. Best, Marc Marc Weber<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerhistory.org%2Fstaff%2FMarc%2CWeber%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C0379520e2895493fb81508d851f082bb%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637349440713900806&sdata=oms%2BzIHiEviZlHessM7lnHtz3545ET83ICcT3w1l01A%3D&reserved=0> | marc@webhistory.org<mailto:marc@webhistory.org> | +1 415 282 6868 | Zoom 901 292 1071 Curatorial Director, Internet History Program Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View CA 94043 computerhistory.org/nethistory<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcomputerhistory.org%2Fnethistory&data=02%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C0379520e2895493fb81508d851f082bb%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637349440713910804&sdata=eWP7LLDYwcnQ6NakxIc1NIle7gvmpVY7YQXYoHcIbo4%3D&reserved=0> | Co-founder, Web History Center and Project On Sep 5, 2020, at 07:44, Brian Berg <brianberg@gmail.com<mailto:brianberg@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks - this is some wonderful reading. For example, the Bob Taylor portion and the birth of the ARPANET and the ALTO computer nicely complements other books such as Leslie Berlin's Troublemakers. Thanks, Brian Berg On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 3:28 AM David Walden <dave.walden.family@gmail.com<mailto:dave.walden.family@gmail.com>> wrote: Severo Ornstein's memoir "Computing in the Middle Ages -- A view from the trenches, 1955-1983". Available publicly at the Computer History Museum. https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102785079<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerhistory.org%2Fcollections%2Fcatalog%2F102785079&data=02%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C0379520e2895493fb81508d851f082bb%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637349440713920794&sdata=sK3Z%2F3J6vUUwLp9nfF9jrTnj2gu9HChY%2BVph8enYJNc%3D&reserved=0> His journey goes from Whirlwind to TX-2 to LINC to ARPANET to Durado to Mockingbird. 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