Book Description
Here is an informative and entertaining exploration of the lives and work of women who are breaking down barriers and driving our high-tech world, from Digital Dozen - 12 key female pioneers and industry players in technology today - to dozens of other talented developers, designers and artists.Readers will gain valuable insights into what it takes to succeed in the high-speed world of information technology from a diverse range of innovative women like:- Geraldine Laybourne, chairwoman and CEO of Oxygen Media Inc.- Anita Borg, president of the Institute of Women and Technology at Xerox`s Palo Alto Research Center- Grace Chung, Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Laboratory of Computer Science - Kim Polese, co-creator of the JAVA programming language and leading techno-entrepreneur- Sarah Flannery, Irish cryptographer, who at the age of 16, devised an encyption code for transmitting data at record-breaking speeds- Zina Kaye, partner in the House of Laudanum, managing director of Agent All-Black Ltd. and chairman of the Anti-Destination Society.
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