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Digital Revolutionaries

The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life

Roaring Brook Press · 2009-09-29

Digital Revolutionaries: The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life

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  • Reading lane: Electronics and Social Aspects.
  • Publisher: Roaring Brook Press.

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What we read

  • Technology & Engineering / Electronics / Digital

    82%
  • Computers / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction

    81%
  • Business & Economics / Industries / Computers & Information Technology

    80%

About This Book

In the beginning, there was the computer. And it was big. As big as a room. Sometimes as big as a house. Early computers required teams of white-coated scientists to keep them running, yet one of those giant behemoths could not match the computing power of a single microchip today. From the first massive computers to today's nanotechnology, DIGITAL REVOLUTIONARIES offers a guided tour of the history of computers and a celebration of the human ingenuity that led the world fro...

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In the beginning, there was the computer. And it was big. As big as a room. Sometimes as big as a house. Early computers required teams of white-coated scientists to keep them running, yet one of those giant behemoths could not match the computing power of a single microchip today. From the first massive computers to today's nanotechnology, DIGITAL REVOLUTIONARIES offers a guided tour of the history of computers and a celebration of the human ingenuity that led the world from ENIAC to iMAC.

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