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This collection of thirteen essays by the late Princeton historian Michael Mahoney showcases his seminal contributions to the study of the history of computing and its place in the larger cultural narrative of the history of science in the modern era. Divided into section covering historiography, software engineering and theoretical computing, papers discuss such topics as the history of computing within the history of technology, software as a self programming machine and the structures of computation and the mathematical structure of nature. The volume is edited, and includes an introduction by Thomas Haigh, a professor of informatics at the University of Wisconsin. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
