Today, computer science isn’t the most glamorous of studies. But the field once made surprisingly close bedfellows with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. In What the Dormouse Said, a new book that traces the roots of the personal computing industry, John Markoff points out that many of the pioneers of modern computing were closely linked with the counterculture of the 1960s. (American Scientist)



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