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- Examines the unexplored history of the NSF, an important player in US computer history
- Highlights the role of the federal government and professional nonprofit organizations in the history of computing
- Details efforts made to address the problem of the shortage of computing labor in the United States
Part of the book series: History of Computing (HC)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Information, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
William Aspray
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Participation in Computing
Book Subtitle: The National Science Foundation’s Expansionary Programs
Authors: William Aspray
Series Title: History of Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24832-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79685-7Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24832-5Published: 01 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2190-6831
Series E-ISSN: 2190-684X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 200
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Computing, Science Education