Hyman, Charles

For Charles Hyman and for Gordon Douglas, coming from the public sector and academia, respectively, the largesse in terms of supplies and support staff was overwhelming. If you needed something, you got it, Dr. Hyman recalled, still half-amazed, years later. My second day on the job, my secretary asked me, What do you need I was used to asking for 15 times what I needed, then add my Social Security number, and maybe I d get a third of that. So that s what he requested, more or less, at Merck. But this time, lo and behold, I come in the next day, and my desk was covered. 

Hyman RA (1982) Charles Babbage pioneer of the computer. Oxford University Press, Oxford... 

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