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by David Alan Grier
When Computers Were Human
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
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Introduction: A Grandmother’s Secret Life
Part I: Astronomy and the Division of Labor 1682–1880
Chapter One: The First Anticipated Return: Halley’s Comet 1758
Chapter Two: The Children of Adam Smith
Chapter Three: The Celestial Factory: Halley’s Comet 1835
Chapter Four: The American Prime Meridian
Chapter Five: A Carpet for the Computing Room
Part II: Mass Production and New Fields of Science 1880–1930
Chapter Six: Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Machinery 1893
Chapter Seven: Darwin’s Cousins
Chapter Eight: Breaking from the Ellipse: Halley’s Comet 1910
Chapter Nine: Captains of Academe
Chapter Ten: War Production
Chapter Eleven: Fruits of the Conflict: Machinery 1922
Part III: Professional Computers and an Independent Discipline 1930–1964
Chapter Twelve: The Best of Bad Times
Chapter Thirteen: Scientific Relief
Chapter Fourteen: Tools of the Trade: Machinery 1937
Chapter Fifteen: Professional Ambition
Chapter Sixteen: The Midtown New York Glide Bomb Club
Chapter Seventeen: The Victor’s Share
Chapter Eighteen: I Alone Am Left to Tell Thee
Epilogue: Final Passage: Halley’s Comet 1986
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Recurring Characters, Institutions, and Concepts
Notes
Research Notes and Bibliography
Index
Illustration Credits
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When Computers Were Human
David Alan Grier
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
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