Title :
Understanding ´How Computing Has Changed the World´
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Abstract :
How can we satisfactorily address the history of computing, recognizing that computing artifacts and practices are often shaped by local circumstances and cultures, and yet also capture the longer-term processes by which computing has shaped the world? This article reviews three traditions of scholarly work, proposes a new line of scholarship, and concludes with thoughts on collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary research.
Keywords :
history; computing artifact; history; Collaborative work; Computers; Hardware; History; International collaboration; Microscopy; Moore´s Law; Scholarships; Space technology; Telescopes; Charles Babbage Institute; computers and society; digital computing; historiography; history of computing; information age;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2007.4407445