Ada: a life and a legacy
Computers and data processing today: 2nd edition
Computers and data processing today: 2nd edition
The mind tool: computers and their impact on society (5th ed.)
The mind tool: computers and their impact on society (5th ed.)
Structured computer organization (3rd ed.)
Structured computer organization (3rd ed.)
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Communications of the ACM
Pioneering women in computer science
Communications of the ACM
The Calculating Passion of ADA Byron
The Calculating Passion of ADA Byron
Alan Turing
Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Modern Computer
Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Modern Computer
The Computer from Pascal to Von Neumann
The Computer from Pascal to Von Neumann
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Faculty teaching computer science courses-to majors and nonmajors alike-may have little chance to evaluate the historical material found in the texts assigned to their students. There are problems, however, in the presentations of the history of the field in many current texts, problems of which faculty are not always aware. Clarification of some of the problematic historical material found in current texts is presented, and some suggestions are offered for additional topics that should be included in the history component of the computer science curriculum. The examples are gleaned from several texts that have been otherwise valuable and effective in the presentation of computer science material; indeed, their continued presence and wide usage attest to the quality of their presentation. But the history of the field deserves the same careful treatment in these texts as do other aspects of computer science