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Book ReviewsBit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers |
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Book: Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers
Written by: Stan Augarten |
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P)
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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A Excellant Addition
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5 / 5
Aside from only briefly mentioning Englands EDSAC (as is the case with most non English accounts), this was a nice and entertaining read. Not only detailing the Computers themselves but the inventers, designers, craftsmen, and engineers of the machines. Technical enough to keep those who want it content, but written understandably for those who may not be so technically inclined.
Insightful look into the history of computers
Rating:
5 / 5
Without a doubt one of the best books on the history of computers that I've ever read. The author tells not only the story of the machines themselves, but also of the people who built them and why they followed the paths they did.The photos and illustrations really bring the story to life; now you can actually see what these machines and people looked like!
Besides an Illustrated History, an Enjoyable One
Rating:
5 / 5
A good source of data for those who want to know how the Industry of Computers began. If you want to understand why the Computer Science changed the world, and if you'd like to speak as an expert in all those fantastic words of the luckiest people on the 50's, 60's, 70's and even the 80's who had the opportunity to grow and deal with this technology, and feel how these people had to accept new windows-know-it-all-users with little or none at all knowledge about programming and other related training and long-time-consuming-hard-to-learn skills, you must read this book. Then, I'm sure, you'll know what I mean.
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