{"product_id":"professor-john-byrne-reminiscences-father-of-computing-in-ireland","title":"Professor John Byrne: Reminiscences: Father of Computing in Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Horn, Chris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 27-02-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e John Byrne was the Professor of the Computer Science Department at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. In 1962, he raised financing and obtained the first computer for TCD, and one of the first computers into Ireland. During the decades from the 1960s to the noughties, he introduced many education innovations for computing in Ireland including a part-time evening degree; masters degrees; a degree grounded in both hardware and software; and degrees in software and European languages. Many of the graduates from the Department would go on to found the indigenous Irish computing industry and to build the multinational computing sector in Ireland. This book is a collection of interviews with him, and reminiscences from his family, friends, colleagues and students, of his life. It also serves as a background history to the extraordinary rise of the Irish computing sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781520696843\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50796401590599,"sku":"XQ-WHL8-XD9X","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/41KPxlFNkAL.jpg?v=1735492837","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/professor-john-byrne-reminiscences-father-of-computing-in-ireland","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}