S2E1: The Wild West of Computing | Part 1: A Byte-Size History of Computing

29/11/2021 35 min Temporada 2 Episodio 1
S2E1: The Wild West of Computing | Part 1: A Byte-Size History of Computing

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Episode Synopsis

The second season of Cut Pathways, the oral history podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Oral History Program, dives into the influential history of computer science at CMU. In a six-episode series, titled “The Wild West of Computing,” hosts Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo along with guests historian Andrew Meade McGee and Curator of Special Collections Sam Lemley show how the culture surrounding computer science significantly altered the reputation of the school from 1956 to 1987. 
 
In this episode, we get a byte-sized history of computing and learn about the very early days of computer science at CMU.

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