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History of Computers

Fifty years ago this month, the U.S. Army and the University of Pennsylvania teamed up to produce an all-electronic machine that heralded the beginning of the Information Age. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll look back on the half-century since ENIAC was invented and reflect on how computers have revolutionized our lives.

Guests:
Mitchell Marcus
Chair, Department of Computer & Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Sherry Turkle
Author, "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet"
Professor of the Sociology of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Joel Shurkin
Author, "Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors"
San Francisco, CA

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