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This book is a comprehensive reimagining of A History of Modern Computing, first published in 1998 and expanded with a new chapter in 2003. A lot has changed since 1998 when the Web was a novelty, iPhones didn’t exist, and the founders of Google and Facebook were in graduate school and high school, respectively.
Feb 5, 2022 · In The Universal History of Computing, Ifrah continues his exhilarating exploration into the fascinating world of numbers. In this fun, engaging but no less learned book, he traces the development of computing from the invention of the abacus to the creation of the binary system three centuries ago to the incredible conceptual, scientific, and ...
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The History of the Computer: People, Inventions, and Technology that Changed Our World - Ebook written by Rachel Ignotofsky. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The History of the Computer: People, Inventions, and Technology that Changed Our World.
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Aug 25, 2022 · Abstract. This book describes the central events, machines, and people in the history of computing, and traces how innovation has brought us from pebbles used for counting, to the modern age of the computer. It has a strong historiographical theme that offers a new perspective on how to understand the historical narratives we have constructed ...
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Sep 12, 2016 · The History Of Computing — A Biographical Portrait of Visionaries Who Shaped the Destiny of the Computer Industry By Marguerite Zientara Blaise Pascal, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Charles Babbage, George Boole, William Burroughs, Herman Hollerith, Thomas J. Watson Sr., Alan Turing, Konrad Zuse, Eckert, Mauchly, Grace Hopper
Overview. Authors: Gerard O'Regan. Offers a comprehensive account of the history of computing. Traces the beginnings of computation from 3000 B.C. through to modern times. Includes helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries. Does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated.
