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judy
Jan 16, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: non-fiction, history
I thought I was going to hate this book. It starts with Byron's daughter and moves, predictably, to Turing, Grace Hopper and ENIAC. I could do that in my sleep. Suddenly a bright light went on and it became one of most fascinating books I've read in ages. We all know Jobs and Gates but can any of you tell me who invented the mouse and why? That's what this book does. It fills in all the little steps in developing our beloved computers--parts that most of us don't think about. We meet the people, ...more
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Linda
Apr 07, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: nonfiction, hardback, own, goodreads, z24
Lily
Jul 28, 2014 marked it as to-read
Damon
Oct 11, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: written-2000-present, finished-in-2014
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Ezra
Nov 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: technology, loc-kindle, author-male, read-in-2016
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Nov 10, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Nov 23, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Caroline
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Claire
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Jeff Thomas
Nov 02, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
McFly
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Karen
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Matthew Bauer
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Colin Grove
Dec 29, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Dinh
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