PAMELA McCORDUCK (1940-2021) is the author or co-author of several books, among them the classic Machines Who Think, which has been reissued in a 25th Anniversary edition.
McCorduck has consulted for a wide range of firms and other organizations in the high technology, financial, and transportation sectors. She served on a panel to advise the National Academy of Engineering, and has co-authored, with Nancy Ramsey, studies on women in information technology (for the National Sciences Foundation) and women in design (for a large international design firm). She has appeared on many television shows, including PBS's News Hour and the CBS Evening News. CNN based a two-part documentary on the book, The Futures of Women, which she and Ramsey co-authored.
