The Electron and the Bit: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902-2002

Guttag, John V., Editor

ISBN 10: 0976473100 / ISBN 13: 9780976473107

Published by Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005

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No edition or printing statement. Features an essay by Paul Penfield, classic papers by EECS faculty, historical photos, and more. The book is square and unmarked; corners and spine ends unbumped. The dust jacket is not priced; Brodart protected. Oversized (12 by 9) and weighs more than 5 pounds so would be expensive to ship overseas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Electron and the Bit: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902-2002
• Publisher: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976473100
• ISBN 13: 9780976473107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

History of the first 100 years of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT. Contributors: Paul L. Penfield, Jr., Arthur Edwin Kennelly, Dugald Caleb Jackson, Vannevar Bush, Harold L. Hazen, Wilmer L. Barrow, Ernst A. Guillemin, J. Francis Reintjes, Harold E. Edgerton, William H. Radford, Claude E. Shannon, Lan Jen Chu, Peter Elias, Gordon Stanley Brown, Walter A. Rosenblith, Robert M. Fano, Arthur von Hippel, Jerome Bert Wiesner, Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, Fernando J. Corbato, Duane Boning, William M. Siebert, Campbell L. Searle, Ellen Williams, Rodney Brooks, Victor Zue, John Kassakian, Robert G. Gallager, Vincent W.S. Chan, Sanjoy K. Mitter, Lauren J. Clark, Martin A. Schmidt, Judy L. Hoyt, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro.