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Simple problems

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Hepler-Smith, E
Published in: IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
January 1, 2014

The history of the multivalent notion of simplicity that underwrites digital metaphors and 'solutions' for government is part of the history of computing and political history alike, and it would make an important tool for understanding, deploying, and critiquing simplifying technologies and the rhetoric of simplification today. By investigating how computer systems themselves came to be seen as simple or complex, and how this came to be a judgment of virtue, historians can shed light on the fitness of such digital tools and metaphors and the problems of public policy that are likely to defy such solutions and descriptions. © 1992-2011 IEEE.

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IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

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1058-6180

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

Volume

36

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • Science Studies
  • 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields
  • 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences
 

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Hepler-Smith, E. (2014). Simple problems. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2014.7
Hepler-Smith, E. “Simple problems.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 36, no. 1 (January 1, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2014.7.
Hepler-Smith E. Simple problems. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 2014 Jan 1;36(1).
Hepler-Smith, E. “Simple problems.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 36, no. 1, Jan. 2014. Scopus, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2014.7.
Hepler-Smith E. Simple problems. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 2014 Jan 1;36(1).

Published In

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

DOI

ISSN

1058-6180

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

Volume

36

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • Science Studies
  • 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields
  • 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences