birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date period spouse article_title name occupation
liverpool , england american '' -rrb- '' the fifth generation '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- -lrb- machines with edward feigenbaum -rrb- who think '' -lrb- 1979 , 2004 1940 1979 -- present joseph f. traub pamela mccorduck
 pamela mccorduck non-fiction writer , journalist
pamela mccorduck

pamela mccorduck -lrb- born 1940 -rrb- is an american author of a number of books concerning the history and philosophical significance of artificial intelligence , the future of engineering and the role of women and technology .
she is also the author of three novels .
she is a contributor to `` omni '' , `` the new york times '' , `` daedalus '' , the `` michigan quarterly review '' and is a contributing editor of `` wired '' .
she is a former vice president of the pen american center .
she was married to computer scientist and academic joseph f. traub .
