BROOKS, FRED, 1931 to 2022

Fred Brooks

American computer scientist (1931–2022); author of The Mythical Man-Month and 'No Silver Bullet' (1986), which distinguished essential from accidental complexity in software engineering.

Books: 1
Editions tracked: 1
First editions: 1
Nationality: United States

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Earliest first editionThe Design of DesignAddison-Wesley, 2010 Most editions trackedThe Design of Design1 edition

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The Design of Design

Fred Brooks · first published 2010

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Fred Brooks was born in 1931 and died in 2022.

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