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Bit by bit : an illustrated history of computers
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- Summary
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Tells the story of the development of computers, plus the men and women who shaped its history.
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- Creator
- by Stan Augarten
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Ticknor & Fields, 1984
- Physical Details
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- 324 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0899192688, 9780899192680, 0899193021, 9780899193021
- OCLC
- ocm10695774
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-309) and index.
- Also issued online.
- The first mechanical calculators -- The engines of Charles Babbage -- The bridge between two centuries -- The invention of ENIAC -- The stored-program computer -- The rise of IBM -- The Whirlwind Project -- The integrated circuit -- The personal computer -- Epilogue: the lesson of history -- Appendix: the FBI dossier of John William Mauchly -- Chronology of the history of computers