Ceruzzi, Paul
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Air and Space Museum staffCeruzzi, Paul
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Air and Space Museum staffAerospace electronics, computing, microelectronics, missile guidance & control.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Yale University
- Ph.D., University of Kansas
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Aerospace Needs, Microelectronics, and the Quest for Reliability: 1962-1975. Proceedings of the IEEE. 105:1456-1465. 2017
- Roberto Busa, S.J., and the Emergence of Humanities Computing: The Priest and the Punched Cards, written by Steven E. Jones. Journal of Jesuit Studies. 4:352-354. 2017
- Turing's Vision: The Birth of Computer Science. Metascience. 26:63-66. 2017
- Hugh Blair-Smith, Left Brains for the Right Stuff. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 23:64. 2016
- Delete: A Design History of Computer Vapourware, by Paul Atkinson. Technology and Culture. 56:1013-1015. 2015
- From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry. By Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz. Business History Review. 89:767-769. 2015
- X-15:the World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots who Ushered in the Space Age, by John Anderson and Richard Passman. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 22:64. 2015
- Are Historians Failing to Tell the Real Story about the History of Computing?. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 36:94-95. 2014
- Digital State: The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry, by Thomas J. Misa. Information & Culture: A Journal of History. 2014
- The Navigators: A History of NASA's Deep Space Exploration, by Andrew J. Butrica. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 21:60. 2014
- Who Owns America's Past? The Smithsonian and the Problem of History, by Robert C. Post. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 21:61. 2014
- Inventing the Computer [Scanning Our Past]. Proceedings of the IEEE. 101:1503-1508. 2013
- The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation by Frank O'Brien. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 19:59. 2012
- Aux origins ame´ricaines de l?Internet: projets militaires, inte´rêts commerciaux, désirs de communauté. Le Temps Des Médias: Revue d'histoire. 18:15-28. 2012
- Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United States, by Joseph November. ICON: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology. 18:241-243. 2012
- Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 18:63-63. 2011
- Professor Brian Randell and the History of Computing 2011
- The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of technical Expertise, by Nathan Ensmenger. Technology and Culture. 52:662-664. 2011
- Deep Space Navigation: the Apollo VIII Story. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Magazine. 17:8-18. 2010
- Ready or Not, Computers are Coming to the People: Inventing the PC. OAH Magazine of History. 24:25-28. 2010
- When Dreams Become Real. Technology and Culture. 51:675-679. 2010
- "A Large Canvas" Review of: Melvin Kranzberg and Carroll W. Pursell Jr., eds., Technology in Western Civilization. Technology and Culture. 50:658-668. 2009
- The Internet Imaginaire. Isis. 100:197-197. 2009
- PC software: spreadsheets for everyone. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 29:4-5. 2007
- This is only a test: how Washington DC prepared for nuclear war. Technology and Culture. 48:664-666. 2007
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Blog Posting
- The "Rope Mother" Margaret Hamilton 2016
- Apollo Guidance Computer and the First Silicon Chips 2015
- Did the Brooklyn Dodgers Help Get Us to the Moon? 2015
- Pioneer Carries Message Across the Stars 2015
- Reflections on Pi Day, March 14 2015
- Star Trek "Considered Harmful" 2015
- Where's My Flying Car? 2015
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Book
- Computer: Eine kurze Geschichte 2016
- Johnston, Andrew K., Connor, Roger, Stephens, Carlene E., and Ceruzzi, Paul E. 2015. Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2015
- Computing: A Concise History 2012
- Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945-2005 2008
- The Internet and American Business 2008
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Chapter
- Calvin Mooers, Zatocoding, and Early Research on Information Retrieval. 69-86. 2019
- Les origines sociales et culturelles d'Internet. 281-296. 2013
- Manned Spaceflight and Artificial Intelligence: 'Natural' Trajectories of Technology. 95-116. 2011
- Computers and Space Exploration. 129-141. 2009
- The Trajectory of Digital Computing. 109-127. 2009
Contact
Location
- National Air & Space Museum Academic Department
