Tue, 10 May 2005
Radio Odyssey - WBEZ Chicago
The Social History of Computers
Paul Edwards -- Associate Professor, School of Information; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Nathan Ensmenger -- Assistant Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
As rapidly as computer technology has changed, so have our hopes for -- and fears about -- its potential. How do we imagine the place of computers in our lives?
Historians of science and technology Nathan Ensmenger and Paul Edwards join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Ensmenger writes and researches on the history of software, artificial intelligence, and the information age. Edwards is author of The World in a Machine: Computer Models, Data Networks, and Global Atmospheric Politics.
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