Blockchains are the distributed ledger technology that powers Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies. But blockchains can be used for more than the transfer of tokens–they are …

Before 1980, sick building syndrome did not exist. By the 1990s, it was among the most
commonly investigated occupational health problems in the United States. Afflicted by …

The history of information technology | Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
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Thirty years ago, the most likely place to find a biologist was standing at a laboratory bench,
peering down a microscope, surrounded by flasks of chemicals and petri dishes full of …

The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter
computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at …

How the computer became universal. Over the past fifty years, the computer has been
transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from …

Economic historians have perennially addressed the intriguing question of comparative
development, asking why some countries develop much faster and further than others …

Indiana,” confesses that she doesn't mind working late because there is often “a nice male
programmer to take a girl home.…” At one point the author speculates, seemingly without …

Winner of the Computer History Museum Prize of the Special Interest Group: Computers,
Information, and Society Imagine biology and medicine today without computers. What …

More, more, more! Das digitale Medienzeitalter ist das der Information. Mehr noch: Es ist ein
Zeitalter der Informationsexzesse. Seit 2007 prognostiziert die International Data …