Science 1000, Winter '14
Course Diary (Wareham):
Computing in the 20th Century and Beyond: A Survival Guide
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Week 1,
Week 2,
Week 3,
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Wednesday, March 19 (Lecture #1)
- Getting Here: The First Computers (pre-1940) (Slides)
- Suggested Reading:
- Campbell-Kelly et al (2014), Chapters 1-3
- Gries (2005)
- Williams (1997), Chapters 1-5
Friday, March 21 (Lecture #2)
- Getting Here: The Rise of the Machines (1940-1970) (Slides)
- Suggested Reading:
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries)
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
Monday, March 24 (Lecture #3)
- Getting Here: The Rise of the Machines (1940-1970) (Cont'd)
Wednesday, March 26 (Lecture #4)
- Getting Here: The Networked Society (1970-now) (Slides)
- Suggested Reading:
- Campbell-Kelly et al (2014), Chapters 10-12
- Ceruzzi (2012)
- Cringely (1996)
- Freiberger and Swain (2000)
- Rheingold (1985)
- Segaller (1998)
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries)
- Suggested Viewing (Movies)
Friday, March 28 (Lecture #5)
- Getting Here: The Networked Society (1970-now) (Cont'd)
- Where We Are: Online Life (Slides)
- Links of interest:
- Suggested Reading:
Monday, March 31 (Lecture #6)
- Where We Are: Big Data and Privacy
(Slides)
- Links of interest:
- Suggested Reading:
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
Wednesday, April 2 (Lecture #7)
- Where We Are: Artificial Intelligence
(Slides)
- Links of interest:
- Suggested Reading:
- Suggested Viewing (Youtube):
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Where We're Going: The Wild Blue Yonder (Slides)
Friday, April 4
References
- Beyer, K. (2009) Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information
Age. The MIT Press.
- boyd, d. (2014) It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens.
Yale University Press.
- Campbell-Kelly, M., Aspray, W., Ensmenger, N., and Yost, J.R. (2014) Computer: A
History of the Information Machine (3rd Edition). Westview Press.
- Ceruzzi, P.E. (2012) Computing: A Concise History. The MIT Press.
- Cringely, R.X. (1996) Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon
Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still
Can't Get a Date (Revised Edition). HarperBusiness.
- Freiberger, P. and Swaine, M. (2000) Fire in the Valley: The Making of the
Personal Computer (Collectors Edition). McGraw-Hill.
- Gries, D.A. (2005) When Computers were Human. Princeton University Press.
- Ito, M. et al (2010) Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking
Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. The MIT Press.
- Rheingold, H. (1985) Tools for Thought: The History and Future of
Mind-expanding Technology. The MIT Press.
- Rheingold, H. (2000) The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the
Electronic Frontier (Revised Edition). The MIT Press.
- Rheingold, H. (2012) Net Smart: How to Thrive Online. The MIT Press.
- Segaller, S. (1998) Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet.
TV Books.
- Shea, V. (1994) Netiquette. Albion Books: San Francisco, CA.
- Turkle, S. (1984) The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit. The
MIT Press.
- Turkle, S. (1997) Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet.
Simon & Schuster.
- Turkle, S. (2011) Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and
Less from Each Other. Basic Books.
- Vargas, J.A. (2010) "The Face of Facebook." The New Yorker, 20.
(PDF)
- Williams, M.R. (1997) A History of Computing Technology (2nd Edition). IEEE Press:
Los Alamitos, CA.
- Zuckerberg, R. (2013) Dot.Complicated: Untangling our Wired Lives.
Harperone.
Created: March 17, 2014
Last Modified: April 16, 2014