Computer technology is pervasive in the modern world, its role
ever more important as it becomes embedded in a myriad of physical
systems and disciplinary ways of thinking. The late Michael Sean
Mahoney was a pioneer scholar of the history of computing, one of
the first established historians of science to take seriously the
challenges and opportunities posed by information technology to our
understanding of the twentieth century.
Mahoney s work ranged widely, from logic and the theory of
computation to the development of software and applications as
craft-work. But it was always informed by a unique perspective
derived from his distinguished work on the history of medieval
mathematics and experimental practice during the Scientific
Revolution. His writings offered a new angle on very recent events
and ideas and bridged the gaps between academic historians and
computer scientists. Indeed, he came to believe that the field was
irreducibly pluralistic and that there could be only "histories" of
computing.
In this collection, Thomas Haigh presents thirteen of Mahoney s
essays and papers organized across three categories:
historiography, software engineering, and theoretical computer
science. His introduction surveys Mahoney s work to trace the
development of key themes, illuminate connections among different
areas of his research, and put his contributions into context. The
volume also includes an essay on Mahoney by his former students Jed
Z. Buchwald and D. Graham Burnett. The result is a landmark work,
of interest to computer professionals as well as historians of
technology and science.
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