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Expertise
An annotated collection of 2 books on expertise, spanning 1955 to 2014. Featuring works by William Marchant, David Haig — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.
The Desk Set
William Marchant, 1955
Marchant's 1955 Broadway play dramatises the arrival of a computer system—'EMMARAC'—into a television network's research department, where a team of expert women librarians fear replacement by the machine. Written at the…
Pressure
David Haig, 2014
David Haig's play dramatises the 1944 confrontation between Scottish meteorologist James Stagg and General Eisenhower over whether weather conditions would permit the D-Day landings — a decision where imperfect data, ins…