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These books are without a doubt the definitive and most entertaining biographies of scientists for young readers. Author and artist Mike Venezia provides hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement his easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of the scientists' sketches and notebooks. ... Read more

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This book outlines the entire history of computer systems development. Based on surveys from Europe, Japan, Australia, and the United States, it emphasizes the rising concern with user relations as a major shift in systems development. ... Read more

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The South has typically been viewed as a region not favorably disposed to innovation and technology, yet innovation was never absent from industrialization. These seven essays assess the role of innovations in the region, some by examining specific industries in subregions: steamboats in the lower Mississippi valley, textile manufacturing in Georgia and Arkansas, coal mining in Virginia, and sugar planting and processing in Louisiana. Others consider the role of technology in South Carolina textile mills around the turn of the twentieth century, the electrification of the Tennessee valley, and telemedicine in contemporary Arizona. Together, these articles show that southerners set significant limitations on the adoption of technological innovations, particularly in a milieu where slaveholding agriculture had shaped the allocation of resources. ... Read more

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A history book that any southern intellectual can look on with pride for his region.
The stereotype of the south has always been one of a people backwards and not up with the times. "Technology, Innovation, and Southern Industrialization: From the Antebellum Era to the Computer Age" seeks to dispel that myth by discussing the south's contributions to America's revolutions in technology as the country entered the twentieth century and brought technology to the forefront of humanity's achievements. With a look at southern inventions so often overlooked as southern, "Technology, Innovation, and Southern Industrialization" is a history book that any southern intellectual can look on with pride for his region. ... Read more

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This comprehensive overview of the history of computing and its industry, and of commercial applications of the computer also outlines the history of how computing operations were managed within American companies. Based on extensive research in the contemporary business literature, this work is one of the few which looks at computing as business history, and it is the first to look at the broad scope of computing from the perspective of the business historian. The work is also directed at business managers to help them appreciate and understand the uses of the computer in their firms. ... Read more

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The proceedings (48 papers) of the 37th International Conference Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology held at Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, from March 22-26, 2009. Includes a CD of all papers with colour figures and tables. ... Read more

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The Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History provides a complete A-to-Z reference guide to computers, their development, and their usage in today's world. Beginning with "Abacus," this two-volume set provides over 900 pages of facts, definitions, biographies, histories, and explanations of a remarkable variety of computer-related subjects.

The Encyclopedia's 600 entries--many of which represent the first reference treatment of their subjects--address the diverse topics that form the backbone of the information revolution. Entries include essays on major corporations, computing machines, software, networking, computing concepts, research, laboratories, and pioneering individuals in computing history. In addition to these essays, each entry is also followed by a helpful list of further reading on that subject.

Contributors to the Encyclopedia represent a wide cross-section of accomplished scholars in the fields of computer science and scientific history. Their informative, accessible essays enable readers to learn about computer history in a non-intimidating way.

An invaluable addition to any library collection, the Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History is an indispensable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and anybody with an interest in, or question about, computers. ... Read more

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Given the proliferation of computers and computer-related products, it is difficult to realize that the computer's history is, in fact, a very short one. René Moreau, Director of Scientific Development, IBM France, traces the evolution of the computer from its earliest stored-program stages in the 1940s to the introduction of the IBM 360 Series in 1963.

Written for the nonspecialist, his book defines, explains, and dates those first formulations in computer science and covers the major phases in the evolution of the software and hardware. Moreau divides his history into three sections—The Birth of the Computer (up to 1950), The First Generation (1950-1959), and The Second Generation (1959-1963). He concludes by examining the current state of the computer industry and its future direction. Also included are a discussion of programming languages and an appendix which details early work on computers in the USSR. ... Read more

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Timelines correct
This book identifies the correct terms for computing history phases, and also shows the history for early computing well.A good read written by an IBM director in France. ... Read more

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Covering over 40 industries and dozens of applications, this is the first bibliography on the history of computer applications. After an introductory essay on the history of applications, the volume is divided into two time periods and includes over 1,600 entries, arranged by application and industry. Users will find sections on such fields as higher education, manufacturing, law enforcement, accounting, space travel, ATMs, artificial intelligence, banking, and trucking. Entries are annotated to describe their content and, when appropriate, their historical significance. ... Read more

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The making of the micro:a history of the computer
This book had a lot to do with math and calculators.It was verry interesting to see how hard it was to add without using a calculator.Some things that are taken for grantedare using email now.If you think about it computersrun on 1s and 0s.Just to say "17' and not even display it the computer reads 10001.Letters are more complex to desplay.Some times it takes millinos of 1s and 0s.This is a great book for people interested in computers. ... Read more

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Der Band behandelt Grundfragen und zentrale Themen der Informatikgeschichte in Beiträgen von herausragenden Pionieren, von in Theoriefragen engagierten Informatikern und namhaften Technikhistorikern. Der Band kreist um Leitideen und Paradigmen der Informatik, wobei die Visionen einer "Universalmaschine", einer "Universalsprache", eines "Universalmediums" und einer "Universalwissenschaft" sich leitmotivisch durch die Beiträge ziehen. Der Band löst sich von der engen Computergeschichte und arbeitet so bisher unterbelichtete Innovationsleistungen der deutschen und europäischen Informatik- und Computer-Community heraus. Er gibt der Zuse-Forschung neue Anstöße und bietet neue Einblicke in die Geschichte der Rechnerarchitektur, der Programmierung und Programmiersprachen und der Mensch-Computer-Beziehung. Der Band ist reichhaltig mit instruktiven Abbildungen illustriert und zeigt sich als Extrakt eines über viele Jahre gehenden Generationen- und Disziplinen-übergreifenden Geschichts- und Theorie-Diskurses.

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Computer-implemented," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Computer-implemented in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Computer-implemented when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Computer-implemented, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Discusses the inventors and scientists that contributed to the development of computers and more recently, personal computers. ... Read more

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Blatant Error
On page two the author states that the abacus was invented in China up to 5,000 years ago.That shows that the author is no authority in this area.The abacus originated in ancient Babylon about 5,000 years ago.The abacus did not get to China until about 800 years ago.In fact, it was the Europeans that taught the Chinese how to use an abacus.I stoped reading at page two.

text is too short?
Aimed at a primary school reader, Sherman offers a quick history of computing, with emphasis on the personal computer. Since the latter is likely what the reader is best acquainted with. For the reader, Sherman tries to convey how vastly and rapidly computers have improved. Something that the reader is probably too young to appreciate. After all, it's not clear that some readers know or fully appreciate that a current personal computer is equivalent to an entire large room of hardware from the 50s or 60s.

The text is rather short. Perhaps because of the intended age range of the reader? But maybe the text could have been lengthened. If only to talk more about recent popular usages on the PC. ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third IFIP Conference on the History of Computing and Education, held at the 20th World Computer Congress in Milano, Italy on September 7-10, 2008.

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.