R. Anthony Hyman
Robert Anthony Hyman (1928-2011) was a British historian of computing writer.
R. Anthony Hyman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 2011 |
| Occupation | Historian of computing writer |
| Notable works | Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer (1992). |
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 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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