Antedating of "Computer Science"

[Dave Wilton]

I found a NYT advertisement from a few years earlier:

New York Times. New York, N.Y.: Oct 28, 1956. pg. 177: "unparalleled
opportunities to associate with the prominent pioneers of computer science,
at outstanding salaries."

--Dave Wilton
  dave at wilton.net
  http://www.wilton.net


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> computer science (OED 1961 in plural, 1964 in singular)
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> 1959 E. D. Cashwell & C. J. Everett  (title) A Practical Manual on the
> Monte Carlo Method for Random Walk Problems (International Tracts in
> Computer Science and Technology and Their Application).
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> 1959 _Communications of the ACM_ Sept. 11  Computers, data processing and
> closely related fields (let us call them the "computer sciences").
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> Fred Shapiro
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