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GRACE HOPPER AND THE INVENTION OF THE INFORMATION AGE
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Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age was the centerpiece of President Levin's speech to the 2009 Freshman class at Yale University.
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age was picked as one of four biographies recommended by Scientific American this holiday season in the magazine's December edition.
"Bravo to Beyer for unearthing the fascinating, many-faceted history (including priceless photographs)of a phenomenal technology we take for granted and for portaying a woman of astonishing powers."
“Kurt W. Beyer’s biography presents a lively, lucid narrative of the professional life of one of the most celebrated figures in the history of computing…Beyer’s main contention is insightful and instructive. Hopper’s collaborative and communicative ideals, as much as her technical talent, resulted in her contributions to the field being far greater then the sum of her own significant technical innovations.”
"IT WAS a world where women had little future, very much like the Madison Avenue evoked by the TV series Mad Men. This, however, was post-war computerland, where our heroine, Grace Hopper, wrote the first specification for COBOL, one of the most successful programming languages."
New Science Magazine
"This biography explores the trials and triumphs of one of computer
programming’s few female pioneers."
Sue Gee, I Programmer
"If you want a detailed and sympathetic account of the development
of the computer and computer programming from the 1930s, through World War II and on through the 50s, this book is highly
recommended."
“When Beyer sticks to the unfolding story of Grace Hopper’s remarkable life—the rich middle section of his book—the narrative of clashing industry titans battling for the future of computing is thoroughly absorbing."
Todd Weiss, Writer and Technology Blogger
"It's the story
of a fascinating, smart, gutsy and no-nonsense woman who blazed a pathway for herself at a time when women were traditionally
seen as the weaker sex."
Elizabeth Zwicky, Author and Computer Consultant
“This is a fascinating biography of Grace Hopper. It’s an academic biography…the facts are riveting ones if you are at all interested in the history of computing. Sometimes you marvel at how much things have changed, and sometimes you marvel at how little they’ve changed.”
Charles Petzold, Author and Technology Blogger
“The photograph on the book's cover shows an elegant Grace Hopper in a black dress rather than a Navy uniform, with a sleek flip to her hair, stylish earrings, and — Yikes! Is that a cigarette??? ...That very visible cigarette is the first indication that the book itself will be an honest, unvarnished appraisal of this brilliant pioneer in computer programming and language development."
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