Professor Matwyshyn is a fan of Professor/Rear Admiral Grace Hopper,
the mother of software engineering (and hacking).
Hopper wrote a book called Understanding Computers (1984).
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A list of books about Hopper, which deserves to be longer:
Beyer, Kurt W., Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
Beyer, Kurt W.,The Myth of Grace: A BIT of Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
Billings, Charlene W., Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer
Borgert-Spaniol, Megan, Grace Hopper: Advancing Computer Science
Carter, Natashia, Hopper's Numbers
CELEBRATION PRESS, Grace Hopper: Computer Pioneer
Cointreau, Maya, The Girl Who Could Talk to Computers - An Inspirational Tale About Grace Hopper
Cuison, Imee, Grace, The Clever Computer Scientist: Grace Hopper
Evans, Claire L., Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet
Gilbert, Lynn, Moore, Gaylen, Particular Passions: Grace Murray Hopper
Isaacson, Walter, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Marx, Christy, Grace Hopper: The First Woman to Program the First Computer in the United States
Mattern, Joanne, Grace Hopper: Computer Pioneer
Murphy, Patricia J., Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz
Pelleschi, Andrea, Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper
Schneider, Carl, Grace Murray Hopper: Working to create the future
Staley, Erin, Grace Murray Hopper
Wallmark, Laurie, Wu, Katy, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
Wheeler, Jill C., Grace Hopper: Computer Scientist
Whitelaw, Nancy, Hamlin, Janet, Brand, Grace Hopper: Programming Pioneer
Williams, Kathleen Broom, Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea
Williams, Kathleen Broom, Improbable Warriors: Woman Scientists and the U.S. Navy in World War II (2001).
