Pioneer programmer : Jean Jennings Bartik and the computer that changed the world /
Bartik, Jean,
Pioneer programmer : Jean Jennings Bartik and the computer that changed the world / Jean Jennings Bartik ; autobiography, edited by John T. Rickman and Kim D. Todd. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 230 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The start of something big -- The originators, the women, and the ENIAC -- My story : how it all began -- Human "computer" to ENIAC programmer -- Apricot brandy and nighttime logic -- Surrounded by brilliance -- Moving on, and the glass ceiling -- The trial to overturn the ENIAC patent -- The ENIAC women in the spotlight -- Epilogue: Looking back -- Afterword / by Kim D. Todd.
"In the only autobiography by any of the six original ENIAC programmers, Bartik tells her story, exposing myths about the computer's origin and properly crediting those behind the computing innovations that shape our daily lives."--Jacket.
9781612480879 (e-book) 161248087X (paperback ; alkaline paper)
2013031857
Bartik, Jean.
Bartik, Jean.
1900-1999
Women computer scientists--United States--Biography.
Computer scientists--United States--Biography.
Women computer programmers--United States--Biography.
Women inventors--United States--Biography.
ENIAC (Computer)--History.
Computer industry--History--United States--20th century.
Women in science--History--United States--20th century.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)--History--United States--20th century.
Sex discrimination against women--History--United States--20th century.
Informaticiennes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Informaticiens--États-Unis--Biographies.
Programmeuses--États-Unis--Biographies.
Inventrices--États-Unis--Biographies.
ENIAC (Ordinateur)--Histoire.
Informatique--Industrie--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Femmes dans les sciences--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Plafond de verre (Discrimination dans l’emploi)--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
COMPUTERS--Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS--Computer Science.
COMPUTERS--Data Processing.
COMPUTERS--Hardware--General.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
COMPUTERS--Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS--Reference.
Computer industry.
Computer scientists.
ENIAC (Computer)
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
Sex discrimination against women.
Women computer programmers.
Women computer scientists.
Women in science.
Women inventors.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
QA76.2.B27 / A3 2013eb
004.092
Pioneer programmer : Jean Jennings Bartik and the computer that changed the world / Jean Jennings Bartik ; autobiography, edited by John T. Rickman and Kim D. Todd. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 230 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The start of something big -- The originators, the women, and the ENIAC -- My story : how it all began -- Human "computer" to ENIAC programmer -- Apricot brandy and nighttime logic -- Surrounded by brilliance -- Moving on, and the glass ceiling -- The trial to overturn the ENIAC patent -- The ENIAC women in the spotlight -- Epilogue: Looking back -- Afterword / by Kim D. Todd.
"In the only autobiography by any of the six original ENIAC programmers, Bartik tells her story, exposing myths about the computer's origin and properly crediting those behind the computing innovations that shape our daily lives."--Jacket.
9781612480879 (e-book) 161248087X (paperback ; alkaline paper)
2013031857
Bartik, Jean.
Bartik, Jean.
1900-1999
Women computer scientists--United States--Biography.
Computer scientists--United States--Biography.
Women computer programmers--United States--Biography.
Women inventors--United States--Biography.
ENIAC (Computer)--History.
Computer industry--History--United States--20th century.
Women in science--History--United States--20th century.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)--History--United States--20th century.
Sex discrimination against women--History--United States--20th century.
Informaticiennes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Informaticiens--États-Unis--Biographies.
Programmeuses--États-Unis--Biographies.
Inventrices--États-Unis--Biographies.
ENIAC (Ordinateur)--Histoire.
Informatique--Industrie--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Femmes dans les sciences--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Plafond de verre (Discrimination dans l’emploi)--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
COMPUTERS--Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS--Computer Science.
COMPUTERS--Data Processing.
COMPUTERS--Hardware--General.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
COMPUTERS--Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS--Reference.
Computer industry.
Computer scientists.
ENIAC (Computer)
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
Sex discrimination against women.
Women computer programmers.
Women computer scientists.
Women in science.
Women inventors.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
QA76.2.B27 / A3 2013eb
004.092