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Bush, Vannevar: As We Are Thinking
Commentary on Bush's classic 1945 article 'As We May Think', which many view as the
first clear description of hypermedia; by a class from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: New York: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/webclass/web/project1/group6/intro.html - cached


Emeagwali, Philip
Official site of Philip Emeagwali, voted Africa's greatest scientist by New African
for his work on supercomputer development. Includes booking details plus links to
speeches and articles.
Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Technology: Computer Science: Scientists
Search in Category: Regional: Africa: Science and Environment
www.emeagwali.com - cached


Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member
An original member, Bob Lash, shares memories, photographs, stories, diagrams from
the early days of personal computing.
Search in Category: Science: Astronomy: Amateur: Radio Astronomy
www.bambi.net/bob/homebrew.html - published: Oct 17 2006 - cached


Wheeler, David
Wikipedia biography of one of the pioneers of the Edsac computer at Cambridge, who
helped to develop programming language. Includes links to obituaries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wheeler - cached


Wired Magazine Archive: People
A collection of interviews with notable IT people, including computing and Internet
pioneers.
Search in Category: Computers: News and Media: Magazines and E-zines: Magazines
Search in Category: Computers: Multimedia: News and Media
www.wired.com/wired/archive/people - modified: 9 months ago - cached


Berkeley, Edmund C.
Father of the Personal Computer
Search in Category: Computers: Hardware: Historical
www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/berkeley - cached


Licklider, J.C.R.; 1915-1990, In Memoriam
In the 1960s, Licklider published his ideas on the future role of multiaccess
interactive computing: 'Man-computer Symbiosis', and 'The Computer as a
Communication Device'. Downloads in 5 formats.
gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/SRC/research-reports/abstracts/src-rr-061.html - published: Aug 07 1990 - cached


Microsoft Altair BASIC Legend Talks about Linux, CPRM and that Very Frightening Photo
An interview with Monte Davidoff regarding the 4K BASIC interpreter he wrote with
Gates and Allen.
Search in Category: Computers: News and Media
Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Computers and Internet
Search in Category: Society: Subcultures: Geeks and Nerds: News and Media
www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05/11/microsoft_altair_basic_legend_talks - published: May 11 2001 - cached


Naur, Peter
Introduction to the works of Peter Naur, legendary Danish computer scientist, key
in the creation of Algol 60, the N in BNF. Online papers, bibliography, book.
English, Dansk.
www.naur.com - published: May 04 2000 - cached


Raymond, Eric
Open Source spokesman and author of the New Hacker's Dictionary. Resume, writings,
speaking engagements, FAQ, and links.
www.catb.org/~esr - published: Feb 09 1974 - cached


Tarjan, Robert E.
Algorithm and data structure researcher (see also Knuth and Dijkstra)
Search in Category: Computers: Computer Science: Academic Departments: North America: United States: New Jersey
Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: New Jersey: Princeton University: Departments: School of Engineering and Applied Science
www.cs.princeton.edu/~ret - cached


Thompson, Ken
The father of the Unix operating system
plan9.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/ken


Information Sciences Hall of Fame
Biographical details for many of the people who have played an important part in
the foundation of Information Science.
www.sis.pitt.edu/~mbsclass/hall_of_fame - cached




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