Left Brains for the Right Stuff covers the development of the computer, the race to the Moon, and the Cold War, as well as the author’s career. The prologue begins with a phone call that initiated the first contract resulting from the Kennedy administration’s commitment to putting a man on the Moon—the Apollo Guidance Computer or AGC. The author’s status as an employee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at the time provides a unique perspective, as that institution would soon be overseeing the design and programming of the computer.