computer scientists

When a series of industrial accidents are blamed on faulty computer chips, FBI agent Erika Conklin is called in to investigate, and she soon learns that the accidents weren't due to negligence, but to sabotage.

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of over one hundred computer scientists, from Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, describing their family and educational backgrounds, work, achievements, and significance in the history of the field. Also includes a chronology and a glossary.

Provides an overview of career opportunities in the twenty-first century in the field of computer software, and discusses education and training.

Examines the life and work of Alan Turing within their historical and scientific contexts; and provides an explanation of Turing's ideas which led to the development of the computer.

Provides information about two thousand U.S. companies in varied engineering- and computer-related industries that are growing and hiring employees; listing the name, address, telephone and fax numbers, company type, and other facts about each included firm.

Interviews with fourteen people who work in careers of interest to young people who like computers.

"Read about these American computer geniuses including Herman Hollerith, John von Neumann, Grace Hopper, John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr, An Wang, Kilby and Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, Marc Hannah and Marc Andreessen"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a comprehensive study of early counting machines and computers, their inventors, and the evolution of that technology since ancient times.

Describes the skills necessary to pursue a career as a information security analyst, and examines the type of work they do.