I’ve just started reading Endless Frontier and so far it is truly excellent. Zachary more recently published a collection of Bush’s papers to go with it. Best, Marc Marc Weber <http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber/> | 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 | Co-founder, Web History Center and Project
On Sep 3, 2020, at 10:16, Alex Ramirez <AlexRamirez@CUNET.CARLETON.CA> wrote:
Troy,
I constantly refer to
Zachary, G. P. (1999). Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Alex
From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Troy Astarte Sent: September 3, 2020 7:31 AM To: members <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Request for biographies
[External Email] Dear SIG-CIS,
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.
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.
Best,
Troy Astarte
School of Computing Newcastle University
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Marc Weber <http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber/> | 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 | Co-founder, Web History Center and Project