Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers

by Stan Augarten

Both a comprehensive introduction to the evolution of computer technology and an account of the brilliant, farsighted, and often eccentric men and women who made the computer revolution possible

Genres: Science, History, Computer Science, Nonfiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Themistocles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is well written and structured by itself, but most of its value lies in the date it was published - 1984. As such it has a different slant than what you'd read today, which makes it all the more interesting!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book concentrates on hardware without a lot of details. Augarten tries to be clever, but just succeeds at being annoying.