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Floppy Days Episode 30 - Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian
Floppy Days Episode 30 - Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Hi, everyone and welcome to a special interview-only episode of Floppy Days. My name is Randy Kindig and I’m the host of this podcast. This interview is with Paul Ceruzzi, curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C and author of several computer history books. Those books include “A History of Modern Computing”, “Computing: A Concise History”, “Landmarks in Digital Computing: A Smithsonian Pictorial History” and more. Paul also sits on the Honorary Council of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
Links
Paul’s personal website - http://www.ceruzzi.com/
The MIT Press Catalog of Paul Ceruzzi - http://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/paul-e-ceruzzi
Computer History Museum Honorary Council - http://www.computerhistory.org/honorary/?fn=Paul&ln=Ceruzzi
Paul E. Ceruzzi Collection on Konrad Zuse - http://discover.lib.umn.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=umfa;cc=umfa;rgn=main;view=text;didno=cbi00219
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262032554/flodaypod-20 - “A History of Modern Computing” by Paul E. Ceruzzi, The MIT Press
Links
Paul’s personal website - http://www.ceruzzi.com/
The MIT Press Catalog of Paul Ceruzzi - http://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/paul-e-ceruzzi
Computer History Museum Honorary Council - http://www.computerhistory.org/honorary/?fn=Paul&ln=Ceruzzi
Paul E. Ceruzzi Collection on Konrad Zuse - http://discover.lib.umn.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=umfa;cc=umfa;rgn=main;view=text;didno=cbi00219
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262032554/flodaypod-20 - “A History of Modern Computing” by Paul E. Ceruzzi, The MIT Press
Released:
Jan 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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