In the early 1880s, Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), a young employee at the U.S. Census Bureau, conceived of the idea of creating readable cards with .\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Edwin Black is an American syndicated columnist and journalist. He specializes in human rights, the historical interplay between economics and politics in the .\r<br>\r<br>Edwin Black is the Author of the following books: IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and Americas Most Powerful .\r<br>\r<br>Black began working as a professional journalist while still in high school, later attending university where he further developed the craft. In the late 1970s he .