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"Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age” by Kurt W. Beyer

“A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906—1992) would go like this: a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and finds herself on the front lines of the computer revolution.”

Taken from Goodreads.

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The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability at catalog of the library

Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age / Kurt Beyer. — Cambridge (Massachusetts) [etc.] : The Mitt Press, cop. 2009. — VIII, 389 p. : ill. ; 22cm — (Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation).

QA 76.2 .H67 B49 2009

R. 98289