The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer
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The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer by Edward Yourdon
This will be the paperback version of Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer. It's publication follows the model for Yourdon's previous Decline and Fall of the American Programmer. It has been updated to reflect current thinking and technology, in particular as regards Java and Web Site programming environments. Published as a paperback title it's intent is to reach a far wider audience than reached by the case edition of the book.Outsource Author Bio
EDWARD YOURDON has been a futurist, pundit, and advisor to CEOs around the world for nearly 40 years. He has been named as one of the ten most influential people in the software industry and has been inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame along with Charles Babbage, Grace Hopper, Bill Gates, Seymour Cray, and James Martin.
A New York Times best-selling author, his two dozen books include such classics as Nations At Risk, Decline and Fall of the American Programmer, Death March, and Byte Wars. Several of his books have been translated into Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, German, and Polish. He has testified before the U.S. Senate on the Y2K problem, has served on advisory councils of the U.S. Defense Department, and has been a board member of numerous high-technology companies in the United States and India.
Yourdon received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from MIT and has carried out graduate work at MIT and the Polytechnic Institute of New York. He has been appointed an Honorary Professor of Information Technology at Universidad CAECE in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has lectured at MIT, Harvard, UCLA, Berkeley, and other universities around the world. He has been quoted and interviewed in numerous newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, Boston Globe, the Times of India, and several computer trade publications. He has also been interviewed on numerous TV news shows and radio programs, including CNBC, National Public Radio, ABC Evening News, and Fox News.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780139561603 |
| ISBN 10 | 0139561609 |
| Title | The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer |
| Author | Edward Yourdon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pearson Education (US) |
| Year published | 1997-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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