"This anthology of original historical essays examines how social relations are enacted in and through computing using the twin frameworks of abstraction and em

Cutting-edge historians explore ideas, communities, and technologies around modern computing to explore how computers mediate social relations. Computers have b

Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors tha

This is not a book about the history of computing or the history of information. Instead, it is a meta-historical book about the research and writing of these t

From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Chaos and Genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information, co