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1) Proving ground: the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer - a machine built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in twenty seconds rather than forty hours by human hand - even though there...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers thirty-some years ago, Computer chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a metal box to defeat man, literally, at his own game, laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it and will come to...
Author
Publisher
Solaris
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nev Bourne is a hotshot programmer for the latest and greatest tech invention out there: SavePoint, the brain implant that rewinds the seconds of all our most embarrassing moments. She's been working non-stop on the next rollout, even blowing off her boyfriend, her best friend and her family to make SavePoint 2.0. But when she hits go on the test-run, she wakes up the next day only to discover it's yesterday. She's falling backwards in time, one...
4) 1st case
Author
Language
English
Description
Angela Hoot's unorthodox programming skills get her kicked out of MIT's graduate school-- and into the FBI's cyber-forensics unit as an intern. There's a messaging app with sophisticated tracking capabilities surfaces. Its beta users, all young women, are only identified as they turn up dead in their bedrooms. As Angela races to crack the killer's digital code, their technical rivalry escalates. She must deny the killer access to her personal life,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jean Bartik was one of the first programmers of the Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). Learn how her love of math led her to work for the Army and then help develop the ENIAC."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Parisa Tabriz turned her toughness and her competitive spirit into a job as Google's top security expert. Learn how Tabriz went from battling her brothers to fighting cybercriminals at one of the world's most important tech companies.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
The creator of the popular "virtual Lego" game, Minecraft, traces his unlikely rise from a disaffected youth who rose from a family marked by drug abuse and conflict to a multi-millionaire and international icon.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Indiana "Ana" Aaron is a talented coder and IT specialist, but she doesn't always fit in at work. When she speaks up one too many times for her boss's ego, she's transferred to a remote team-and it's clear this is her last chance to blend in. Ana sees working from home as a chance at redemption; she can keep her head down and her camera off. But when her new boss praises her assertiveness and thanks Mr. Aaron, she sees no reason to correct him. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When these 15 women coders and engineers face impossible problems, they don't quit--they find solutions. They are all doing amazing work in technical fields while overcoming unique challenges not equally faced by male colleagues. Engineering and coding have typically been considered men's fields of study, but these innovative women are showing that problem solving with science and math is everyone's field, and it's time for the world to see powerful...
14) Storm cycle
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved twin sister is dying from a chronc illness, receives a mysterious email from archeologist John Tanek who sits trapped inside a collapsed Egyptian tomb with a functioning laptop thousands of miles away. It turns out the collapse was no accident. John has discovered something very valuable in that tomb, something that humankind has been searching for throughout history, something that Rachel could use as...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This book covers the software engineering industry at large, possible career paths, and the preparation tech girls can undertake in middle school, high school, and college to lay the foundations for engineering.
16) Daemon: a novel
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
After the premature death of Matthew Sobol, a legendary computer game designer, a daemon that he designed to dismantle society and bring about a new world order is activiated and it's up to an unlikely alliance to decipher Sobol's intricate plans and wrest the world from the grasp of his computer program.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring and deeply personal coming of age memoir from one of Silicon Valley's youngest entrepreneurs--a second-generation Latino immigrant who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and went on to claim his share of the American dream." -- inside front jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Una historia inspiradora y profundamente personal de uno de los empresarios más fascinantes de Silicon Valley, quien aprendió a codificar por sí mismo con apenas trece años y se covirtió en una inspiración para miles de jóvenes aldrededor del mundo"--Page 4 of cover.
"A memoir from one of the most extraordinary entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and claimed his share of the American Dream"--...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A woman having no luck with online dating creates an anonymous dating review app and is paired at work on a project with a haughty content writer whom she realizes is the most-reviewed walking red flag on her app.
A woman with high standards. A rival coworker. And the promotion that stands between them ... Coder Marina Spicer has no time to waste when it comes to love, hence her long list of dealbreakers. Frustrated by the online dating world, she...
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