[Air-L] History of Computers

[Meg Leta Jones]

Try Computer: A History of the Information Machine by Martin Campbell-Kelly
and William Aspray

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 3:17 PM Peter Timusk <peterotimusk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, there is a good 1980s book from MIT Press that I like for this.
>
>  the Computer Comes of Age
> The People, the Hardware, and the Software
>
> By René Moreau
>
> Translated by J. Howlett
>
>
> https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computer-comes-age
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 15:11 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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