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Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors: The Evolution of the Computer from the Mainframes to Microprocessors - Softcover
Engines of the Mind An introduction to the feuding researchers and inventors who made the computer possible, from the huge early models to the creation of the microchip and beyond. It discusses John Mauchly and Presper Eckert who developed the Electric Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) during World War II.
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[G]raphically illustrates how rapidly mankind is plunging ahead technologically, for better or worse, in the last half of the twentieth century.
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The only non-technical history of the computer yet written.
"Engines of the Mind," which I had great fun writing, is a general history of the computer, who invented it and why most people don't know who they are. It is written for a lay, non-technical audience. One reviewer for Amazon criticized the lack of diagrams. I assure you, that was deliberate. The first edition was in 1984, and I added a last chapter last year to bring it up to date. (I hate the subtitle, by the way. That's not what the book is about). Read on ! See http://web.wwnorton.com/engines.htm
"Engines of the Mind," which I had great fun writing, is a general history of the computer, who invented it and why most people don't know who they are. It is written for a lay, non-technical audience. One reviewer for Amazon criticized the lack of diagrams. I assure you, that was deliberate. The first edition was in 1984, and I added a last chapter last year to bring it up to date. (I hate the subtitle, by the way. That's not what the book is about). Read on ! See http://web.wwnorton.com/engines.htm
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When John Mauchly and Presper Eckert developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (E.N.I.A.C.) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II, their intention was to aid artillerymen in aiming their guns. Since then, in the past fifty years, E.N.I.A.C. and its offspring have changed the way we go about both business and science. Along with the transistor, the computer has brought about transformation on a scale unmatched since the industrial revolution.Now, in a lively and evenhanded account, Joel Shurkin introduces us to the often-feuding players and the discoveries that made the computer possible-from the first models to the creation of the chip and beyond. Here is the first full account of an invention that changed the world.For this new paperback edition, Shurkin has added an epilogue and a new chapter on the latest milestones in the ongoing computer revolution. Now available with a new chapter, for the fiftieth anniversary of the computer. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393314717
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