Architects of the Information Age

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152) and index. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Joseph-Marie Jaequard -- Chapter 2. Charles Babbage -- Chapter 3. Lady Lovelace -- Chapter 4. George Boole -- Chapter 5. Herman Hollerith -- Chapter 6. Thomas Watson, Sr., and Thomas Watson, Jr. -- Chapter 7. Vannevar Bush -- Chapter 8. John Vincent Atanasoff -- Chapter 9. Grace Hopper -- Chapter 10. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert -- Chapter 11. Howard Aiken -- Chapter 12. William Shockley -- Chapter 13. Alan Turing -- Ultra Wins the War -- Chapter 14. William Hewlett and David Packard -- Chapter 15. Maurice Wilkes -- Chapter 16. Claude Shannon -- Chapter 17. Tom Kilburn -- Chapter 18. Alan Perlis -- Chapter 19. Seymour Cray -- Chapter 20. Douglas Engelbart -- Chapter 21. Marvin Minsky -- Chapter 22. Robert Noyce -- The Traitorous Eight Found Fairchild Semiconductor -- Chapter 23. Gordon Moore -- Chapter 24. Manuel Blum -- CAPTCHA -- Chapter 25. Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf -- Chapter 26. Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson -- Chapter 27. Charles Thacker -- Chapter 28. Narayana Murthy -- Chapter 29. StephenWozniak -- Chapter 30. Richard Stallman -- Chapter 31. Rodney Brooks -- Chapter 32. Carry Fiorina -- Chapter 33. Steve Jobs -- The GUI -- Chapter 34. Tim Berners -Lee -- Chapter 35. Bill Gates -- Chapter 36. Danny Hillis -- Chapter 37. Meg Whitman -- Chapter 38. Michael Dell -- Chapter 39. Jimmy Wales -- Wikiwiki! -- Chapter 40. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis -- Chapter 41. Linus Torvalds -- Chapter 42. Marc Andreessen -- Chapter 43.: Julian Assange -- Chapter 44. Sergey Brin and Larry Page -- Chapter 45. Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams -- 140 Characters at a Time -- Chapter 46. Sean Parker -- Chapter 47. Mark Zuckerberg -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2012 pg. 292 (EAN 9781615306619, Library Binding) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2013 (EAN 9781615306619, Library Binding) Contributor Bio:  Curley, Robert Robert Patrick Curley enjoys finding new and interesting places to explore in the Ocean State. The full-time writer and editor resides in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.