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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., is Kenan Professor of Computer Science
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is best
known as the “father of the IBM System/360,” having served as
project manager for its development and later as manager of the
Operating System/360 software project during its design phase.
For this work, he, Bob Evans, and Erich Bloch were awarded the
National Medal of Technology in 1985. Earlier, he was an archi-
tect of the IBM Stretch and Harvest computers.
At Chapel Hill, Dr. Brooks founded the Department of Computer
Science and chaired it from 1964 through 1984. He has served
on the National Science Board and the Defense Science Board.
His current teaching and research is in computer architecture,
interactive computer graphics, and virtual environments.
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The Design of Design
Essays from a Computer Scientist
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Brooks, Frederick P. (Frederick Phillips)
The design of design : essays from a computer scientist / Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-201-36298-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Engineering design. 2. Software
engineering. 3. Design—Case studies. I. Title.
TA174.B752 2010
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