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Computing History   from The Great Idea Finder

ON THE BOOKSHELF:
The Maverick and His Machine : Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM
by Kevin Maney / Paperback: 485 pages / Wiley (July 23, 2004)
The story of Watson's transformation of the disorganized, amorphous Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into streamlined, world-famous IBM receives a spirited telling by Maney, a USA Today technology columnist.
Father, Son & Co. : My Life at IBM and Beyond
by Thomas J. Watson, Peter Petre / Paperback: 480 pages / Bantam (February 29, 2000)
Ten years after its original publication, Father , Son & Co. remains a uniquely honest book. Watson's willingness to write about the loving but ferociously combative relationship he had with his father and the turbulent battles behind some of IBM's most far-reaching decisions gives readers rare insights into the realities of leadership.
100 Inventions That Shaped World History
by Bill Yenne, Morton, Dr. Grosser (Editor) / Paperback - 112 pages (1983) / Bluewood Books 
This book contains inventions from all around the world from microchips to fire. This is a really good book if you are going to do research on inventions.
American Computer Pioneers
by Mary Northrup / Library Binding - 112 pages (July 1998) / Enslow Publishers, Inc.
This entry in the Collective Biographies series covers major players in the development of the computer, from Herman Hollerith, the inventor of punch cards, through the inventors of ENIAC and UNIVAC, as well as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Marc Andreessen of Netscape.

ON THE WEB:
Inventor Receives the 2005 Lemelson Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Dennard received the award for his invention, dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a breakthrough that transformed the microelectronics industry in the early 1970s and remains the most popular form of computer memory today.
(URL: web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-05LAA.html)
Invention Dimension - Inventor of the Week
Celebrates inventor/innovator role models through outreach activities and annual awards to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
(URL: web.mit.edu/invent/iow/Dennard.html)
National Inventors Hall of Fame
The National Inventors Hall of Fame™ honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible..
(URL: www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/41.html)
IBM Fellow
Robert Dennard was a young Texas-bred scientist who thought he knew where he was headed when he arrived at IBM in 1958. He figured he'd "go to IBM and learn a lot of good stuff, and then maybe go out to a smaller company and work my way up. I figured I'd spend about three years." A short chuckle sets up the obvious punch line: "That was 38 years ago."
(URL: domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/bio.dennard.html)
He Invented Modern Computer Memory
In 1966, Robert Dennard decided to find a way to improve computer memory, and he succeeded. His invention revolutionized the computer industry.
(URL: www.thetech.org/nmot/detail.cfm?id=22&st=awardDate&qt=1988&kiosk=Off)
Legacies of Robert H. Dennard
In his remarkable career at IBM, Robert H. Dennard has played a key role in two of the most groundbreaking innovations of the microelectronics industry.
(URL: www.ieee.org/portal/pages/iportals/aboutus/history_center/biography/dennard.html)

WORDS OF WISDOM:
“I’m often asked if I could foresee how important (DRAM) would become. I knew it was going to be a big thing, but I didn’t know it would grow to have the wide impact that it has today.” - Robert Dennard

DID YOU KNOW?:

• Robert Dennard has been issued 35 U.S. patents, and has 90 published technical papers or articles.