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1) Proving ground: the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xix, 296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer - a machine built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in twenty seconds rather than forty hours by human hand - even though there...
2) The net
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A computer expert's whole life is erased by a computer conspiracy.
3) Storm cycle
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved twin sister is dying from a chronic illness, receives a mysterious email from archeologist John Tanek who sits trapped inside a collapsed Egyptian tomb with a functioning laptop thousands of miles away. It turns out the collapse was no accident. John has discovered something very valuable in that tomb, something that humankind has been searching for throughout history, something that Rachel could use as...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
48 pages
Description
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
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"When these 15 women coders and engineers face impossible problems, they don't quit--they find solutions. They are all doing amazing work in technical fields while overcoming unique challenges not equally faced by male colleagues. Engineering and coding have typically been considered men's fields of study, but these innovative women are showing that problem solving with science and math is everyone's field, and it's time for the world to see powerful...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Samuel Cooke knows most women wouldn't give him a second glance even if he were the last man on earth. He's the cripple with crutches, the nerdy computer genius every female past puberty feels compelled to mother. So when he leaves his lucrative career to teach programming to high schoolers, romance definitely isn't on his radar. Perhaps that's why Greta Cassamajor catches him off guard. The sarcastic gym coach with zero sense of humor is no beauty--not...
10) Superman III
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Superman III reveals the answer and adds a third all-star chapter to the amazing adventures of Superman. Gus Gorman is a genial half-wit who just happens to be a natural-born genius at computer programming. In his hands, a computer keyboard turns into a deadly weapon and soon, Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his career.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2015.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"In the early 2020s, two young, genius computer hackers, Elizabeth Santiago and David Schwartz, meet at MIT, where Schwartz is sneaking into classes, and have a brief affair. David is amoral and out for himself, and soon disappears. Elizabeth dreams of technology and space travel and takes a military job after graduating. Nearly ten years later, David is setting himself to become a billionaire by working in the shadows under a multiplicity of names...
12) Ada Lovelace
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Formats
Description
Presents information about Ada Lovelace, from her childhood in England and her studies in mathematics to her development of the first computer programming language.
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"En un futuro no tan lejano, un programador debe solucionar los errores que se producen en un mundo donde los humanos interactúan con entidades dotadas de inteligencia artificial, ignorando que no son reales, sino que forman parte de un juego virtual. Aunque quizás este metaverso sea algo más que un juego. ¿Qué pasa si te enamoras de un avatar que no existe en la realidad? ¿Qué pasa si rompes las reglas y le dices la verdad? Tras una larga...
Author
Series
Girls who code volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
After signing up for a "hackathon" day of coding, Sophia and her coding club friends welcome a robotics expert into their group, but find their teamwork challenged by conflicting opinions.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Internet's Own Boy depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as the internet luminaries who worked with him. The film tells his story up to his eventual suicide after a legal battle, and explores the questions of access to information and civil liberties that drove his work.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard and the guys struggle to find a backer as they face legal and financial woes. Meanwhile, an old enemy pays Richard a visit. Gavin's interference causes Pied Piper to struggle with securing their expansion. The verdict on Pied Piper's fate coincides with a startling real-life drama that makes their livestream immensely popular, and emotions run high as the gang tries to keep the company together.
Publisher
Hbo
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 229 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pied Piper is more successful than ever. After years of false starts, the company has become a legitimate presence in Silicon Valley, rising above the competition with its pledge not to mine user data. But the Pied Piper guys soon come to learn that staying true to their values comes at a price in this cutthroat business.
Author
Publisher
Creston Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
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