Computer: an illustrated history

Illustrated using photographs, this book looks at how the computer has evolved from the earliest known tallying system around 30,000 years ago to the machine it is today, and examines its role in a variety of contexts, from wartime operations to its influence on fiction and film. 

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Subject(s)Computing
Author(s)Mark Frauenfelder
Published2005
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Shelf reference004 FRA
ISN/ISBN9781862002760
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8tjk

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