[Air-L] History of Computers

[Corinne Cath]

The articles in the journal "Internet histories" is also very relevant:
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showMostReadArticles?journalCode=rint20

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 10:08 PM Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com> wrote:

>
> A couple of things - there are texts also on the various forms of the
> abacus - which was the main calculator for maybe a thousand years in a
> number of places; that would be useful, since it's essentially a noisy
> digital object. Also highly recommend vis-a-vis the Internet, Peter Salus'
> Casting the Net: From Arpanet to Internet and beyond... forward by Vincent
> Cerf - Addison-Wesley 1995; this contains highly-annotated material on the
> technology but also the culture of the early Net; for me, it's been a
> primary source -
>
> - Alan
>
> >    > 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
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Corinne Cath - Speth
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