Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing

By Thierry Bardini

Book Overview

Bootstrapping analyzes the genesis of personal computing from both technological and social perspectives, through a study of the pioneering work of Douglas Engelbart, winner of the 2000 National Medal of Technology. He and his small team of researchers at the Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s developed some of the cornerstones of personal computing, including the mouse, the windowed user interface, and hypertext.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804738718
• ISBN13: 9780804738712
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"