R. Anthony Hyman
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R. Anthony Hyman | |
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| Born | 1928 (age 92–93) |
| Occupation | Historian of computing writer |
| Notable works | Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer (1992). |
Robert Anthony Hyman (born 1928) is a British historian of computing writer.
Anthony Hyman wrote especially on the early Victorian computer pioneer, Charles Babbage (1791–1871). He liaised with the London Science Museum, the Royal Society, the Crawford Library, the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, the Cambridge University Library, the Edinburgh Royal Observatory for source material.[1]
Selected publications[]
Hyman has published the following books:[2]
- Hyman, Anthony (1973). The Computer in Design. Littlehampton Book Services. ISBN 978-0289702680.
- —— (1978). Computing: A Dictionary of Terms, Concepts and Ideas. Arrow Books. ISBN 0099123207.
- —— (1980). The Coming of the Chip. New English Library. ISBN 978-0450049286.
- Hyman, Anthony, ed. (1989). Science and Reform: Selected works of Charles Babbage. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521343114.
- Hyman, Anthony (1992). Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08303-2.
- —— (2007). The Selfseeker. Teignvalley Press. ISBN 978-0955538704.
References[]
- ^ Hyman, Anthony, ed. (2007). Science and Reform: Selected works of Charles Babbage. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521036764.
- ^ "Anthony Hyman". Amazon.co.uk. Amazon. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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