A New History of Modern Computing
$104.42
- Paperback
536 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2021
Summary
From Supertool to Ubiquitous Companion: A New History of Modern Computing
Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music and movies, communicate, and count their steps. In A New History of Modern Computing, Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi trace these changes. A comprehensi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262542906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262542900 |
| Series: | History of Computing |
| Author: | Thomas Haigh, Paul E. Ceruzzi |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 536 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
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“Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi’s new version has been updated for a new generation in such a way that it will assuredly still be the standard by which other general histories are measured.”— Isis Journal
About The Author
Thomas Haigh
Thomas Haigh is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Comenius Visiting Professor at the University of Siegen. He is the coauthor of ENIAC in Action- Making and Remaking the Modern Computer (MIT Press).
Paul E. Ceruzzi is Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. He is the author of Internet Alley- High Technology in Tysons Corner,1945-2005, Computing- A Concise History (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.
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