Computer: A History of the Information Machine

by Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray

A History of the Information Machine, Second Edition traces the story of the computer, and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. Old-fashioned entrepreneurship combined with scientific know-how inspired now famous computer engineers to create the technology that became IBM. Wartime needs drove the giant ENIAC, the first fully electronic computer. Later, the PC enabled modes of computing that liberated people from room-sized, mainframe computers. This second edition now extends beyond the development of Microsoft Windows and the Internet, to include open source operating systems like Linux, and the rise again and fall and potential rise of the dot.com industries.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Computer Science, Computers, Technology, Science, Stem

360 pages, Paperback

First published July 11, 1996

About the author

A specialist in the history of computing, Martin Campbell-Kelly is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick.

Reviews

[Jose Dominguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

solo es interesante si el tema te llama la atencion, parece bastante completo.
lo que si, demasiado centrado en eeuu. no creo que haya sido el unico pais haciendo avances tecnologicos en todo el mundo. solo se mencionan otros a la pasada

[Manuel Almagro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un librito a medio camino entre el ensayo y la divulgación que se centra demasiado en las idas y venidas de las empresas involucradas. Interesante, pero con capítulos muy densos y enfocados en cosas que no tienen mucho que ver con la computación.