• Title: From Russia with Code: Programming Migrations in Post-Soviet Times
• Authors: Mario Biagioli (Editor), Vincent Antonin Lépinay (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press (May 3, 2019); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 384 pages
• eBook: PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1478002999
• ISBN-13: 978-1478002994
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Book Description

While Russian computer scientists are notorious for their interference in the 2016 US presidential election, they are ubiquitous on Wall Street and coveted by international IT firms and often perceive themselves as the present manifestation of the past glory of Soviet scientific prowess.

• Mario Biagioli is Distinguished Professor of Law and Communication at UCLA.
• Vincent Lépinay is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Medialab at Sciences Po (Paris).

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• Computer Hardware and Personal Computers
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