For a lighter side of both Steve Russell and Alan Kotok, you absolutely must read Steven Levy's Hackers.
A large chunk of this book deals with the very early computer scene of MIT in the late 1950s and 1960s. Both of those guys played a big role, especially Russell. He developed a game, Spacewar, that just enraptured the whole PDP crowd and led to this mania of gameplay and hacking, gameplay and hacking, etc.
It is really a delightful book. It's great to see these gentlemen recognized for their more formal contributions.
A large chunk of this book deals with the very early computer scene of MIT in the late 1950s and 1960s. Both of those guys played a big role, especially Russell. He developed a game, Spacewar, that just enraptured the whole PDP crowd and led to this mania of gameplay and hacking, gameplay and hacking, etc.
It is really a delightful book. It's great to see these gentlemen recognized for their more formal contributions.