Computer Geniuses Through History

Much of the short history of computers can be traced through the lives of some of the geniuses of the field.  The development of the computer science field is different from the development of many other fields of science in that we did not realize at first how necessary it would be.  In comparison, the development of medical science has been urgent for our survival from the beginning.  The development of agriculture was similarly urgent for mankind's development.  Yet, we went without computers for the vast majority of our time here on earth.  Now that we have come to see how the computer can create models, compute maths and facilitate communication, we are starting to see how this one tool will expedite the development of almost every other scientific field we know or can imagine.