Nathan Ensmenger

1.3k total citations
34 papers, 477 citations indexed

About

Nathan Ensmenger is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, History and Philosophy of Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Ensmenger has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 477 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Computer Science Applications, 6 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nathan Ensmenger's work include History of Computing Technologies (12 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (4 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (4 papers). Nathan Ensmenger is often cited by papers focused on History of Computing Technologies (12 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (4 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (4 papers). Nathan Ensmenger collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Nathan Ensmenger's co-authors include William Aspray, Jeffrey R. Yost, Martin Campbell‐Kelly, Rebecca L. Slayton, Christopher S. Yoo, L. Jean Camp, Rebecca Slayton, Stuart Reges, Colleen M. Lewis and Daniel D. Garcia and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Studies of Science, Technology and Culture and The University of Chicago Law Review.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Ensmenger

29 papers receiving 390 citations

Peers

Nathan Ensmenger
Andrew L. Russell United States
Adrian Mackenzie United Kingdom
Katie Hafner South Africa
Andrew Iliadis United States
Malte Ziewitz United States
Esther Weltevrede Netherlands
Amelia Acker United States
Matthew Kirschenbaum United States
Karamjit S. Gill United Kingdom
Konstantin Dörr Switzerland
Andrew L. Russell United States
Nathan Ensmenger
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All Works

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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2018). The Local and the Global in the History of Computing. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 40(2). 3–4.
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Campbell‐Kelly, Martin, William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, & Jeffrey R. Yost. (2018). Computer. 3 indexed citations
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Campbell‐Kelly, Martin, William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, & Jeffrey R. Yost. (2018). Computer. 6 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan & Rebecca Slayton. (2017). Computing and the Environment: Introducing a Special Issue of Information & Culture. Information & Culture. 52(3). 295–303. 2 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan & Rebecca L. Slayton. (2017). Computing and the Environment: Introducing a Special Issue of Information & Culture. Information & Culture. 52(3). 295–303. 2 indexed citations
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Garcia, Daniel D., Colleen M. Lewis, Stuart Reges, & Nathan Ensmenger. (2016). Why Don't Some CS0 Students Succeed?. 317–318.
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Campbell‐Kelly, Martin, William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, & Jeffrey R. Yost. (2015). Computer, Student Economy Edition: A History of the Information Machine. CERN Bulletin. 6 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2013). Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson (review). 35(1). 6–8. 1 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2013). Computation, Materiality, and the Global Environment. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 35(3). 80–80. 11 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan, et al.. (2011). Are Those Who Ignore History Doomed to Repeat It? (reviewing The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu). The University of Chicago Law Review. 78(4). 10. 1 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan, et al.. (2011). Are Those Who Ignore History Doomed to Repeat It. eYLS (Yale Law School). 1 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2011). Is chess the drosophila of artificial intelligence? A social history of an algorithm. Social Studies of Science. 42(1). 5–30. 68 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2011). From Computer Celebrities to Historical Biography. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 33(4). 88–87. 1 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2010). The Computer Boys Take Over. The MIT Press eBooks. 96 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2004). Open Source's Lessons for Historians. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 26(4). 104–103. 3 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2003). Letting the “Computer Boys” Take Over: Technology and the Politics of Organizational Transformation. International Review of Social History. 48(S11). 153–180. 20 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan & William Aspray. (2002). Software as Labor Process. 139–165. 6 indexed citations
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Ensmenger, Nathan. (2001). The 'question of professionalism' in the computer fields. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 23(4). 56–74. 34 indexed citations

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