• DocumentCode
    942110
  • Title

    Four Editions and Eight Publishers: A History of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science

  • Author

    Ralston, Anthony

  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    Since the publication of the first edition in 1976, the Encyclopedia of Computer Science has been the standard one-volume reference work in computer science. Surprisingly for a successful book (the fourth edition was published in 2000), the Encyclopedia has been owned by eight different publishers since 1971. This article relates the salient facts in the history of the Encyclopedia and the vicissitudes experienced during the preparation of the four editions.
  • Keywords
    computer science; encyclopaedias; history; publishing; book edition; computer science encyclopedia history; one-volume reference work; publishers; Books; Computer science; Encyclopedias; Hardware; History; Petroleum; Standards publication; Statistics; Sun; Taxonomy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2004.1278849
  • Filename
    1278849
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=942110