Martin Campbell-Kelly
Encyclopedia
Martin Campbell-Kelly is an English computer scientist
based at the University of Warwick
who has specialised in the history of computing
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Campbell-Kelly is professor emeritus in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. He is on the editorial board
of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
journal. He is a committee member of the Computer Conservation Society, a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society
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Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
based at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
who has specialised in the history of computing
History of computing
The history of computing is longer than the history of computing hardware and modern computing technology and includes the history of methods intended for pen and paper or for chalk and slate, with or without the aid of tables...
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Campbell-Kelly is professor emeritus in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. He is on the editorial board
Editorial board
The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.- Board makeup :...
of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
The IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is a quarterly journal published by the IEEE Computer Society. It contains peer-reviewed articles and other contributions on the history of computing, computer science and computer hardware by computer scientists and historians...
journal. He is a committee member of the Computer Conservation Society, a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
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Books
Campbell-Kelly has authored and edited many books including:- Martin Campbell-Kelly (1990). ICL: A Business and Technical History, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
. - Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray (1996). Computer: A History of the Information MachineComputer: A History of the Information MachineComputer: A History of the Information Machine , is a 1996 book by Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray. It offers an overview of the history of computing and computer hardware which ends with the rise of the world wide web in the mid-1990s...
, Basic BooksBasic BooksBasic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.-History:...
/HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
. ISBN 0-465-02989-2.
Selected articles
- Martin Campbell-Kelly (September 2009). The Origin of Computing, Scientific AmericanScientific AmericanScientific American is a popular science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting science monthly to an educated but not necessarily scientific public, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned color graphics...
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