20240415 History of Computer Science

History-of-science-and-technology content can be useful for CS teaching. First, it provides real cases for designing assignments or for examples in lectures. Second, in some sense, the history of science and technology also matches human cognition.

Recommended books:

Computer: A History of the Information Machine (3rd edition)

A History of Modern Computing, https://cs.furman.edu/~tallen/csc475/materials/A%20History%20Of%20Modern%20Computing%202nd%20ed%20-%20Paul%20Ceruzzi.pdf

Recommended courses:

CMU:

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15292/index.html

MIT:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sts-035-the-history-of-computing-spring-2004/pages/syllabus/

UW:

https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse490h1/19wi/