The First Computers

by Guy de la Bédoyère, Camilla de la Bédoyère

Discusses how computers work, the development of calculators into electronic devices, the use of these devices as code breakers, and its metamorphosis into the modern computer and its applications.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Guy de la Bédoyère is author of a widely admired series of books on Roman history. He appeared regularly on the UK’s Channel 4 archaeology series Time Team and is well known in the United States for his volume The Romans for Dummies. His latest books are Gladius. Living, Fighting, and Dying in the Roman Army (2020), and Pharaohs of the Sun. How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty (2022). He lives in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK.