[Air-L] History of Computers

Cristina Lopez clopez at umn.edu
Mon Mar 25 08:26:42 PDT 2019


Bob Johnstone, Never Mind the Laptops
<https://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/bookdetail.aspx?bookid=SKU-000019395> is
about laptop programs in schools, and he writes extensively about the
history of computers and other "learning machines" in schools from the late
50s through the early 2000s.

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On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 5:59 AM C.H. <chainsawtiney at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created
> the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson (2015-10-06)
>
> Not a textbook but a good read.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 8:11 PM Adriana de Souza e Silva
> <aasilva at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m looking for a text (book, article, a few chapters) that tells the
> history of computers, starting from Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace’s
> Analytical Engine to present days. This is for a 200-level undergraduate
> class, so I’m trying to summarize the topic as much as possible, to give
> students a general overview in a couple of classes.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > _________________________
> > Adriana de Souza e Silva
> > University Faculty Scholar
> > Professor
> > Department of Communication
> > http://www.souzaesilva.com
> >
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