Title :
For what should one do histories of informatics?
Author :
da Silva, M.R.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Historia, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
This article assesses the importance of the history of computing for the study of science and technology in Latin America. Makes the analysis of articles published over the decades from 1980, 1990 and 2000 in the Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias y de las History it Technology - Quipu.
Keywords :
history; information science; Latin America; computing history; informatics history; science and technology; Abstracts; Ethics; History; Informatics; Instruments; Laboratories; Laser radar; Latin America; historiography; history of science; informatics;
Conference_Titel :
Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
Conference_Location :
Medellin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0794-9
DOI :
10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427239
