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Digital Revolutionaries by Steve Lohr

Digital Revolutionaries

The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life

Steve Lohr

Roaring Brook Press · Print & ebook · September 29, 2009

In the beginning, there was the computer.

Inventions & InventorsComputers
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Who it’s for
A guided history of computing traces the leap from room-sized machines to microchips.
Themes
History of computing, Technological progress, Human ingenuity
Genres
Computers, Inventions & Inventors

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In the beginning, there was the computer. And it was big. As big as a room. Sometimes as big as a house. Early computers required teams of white-coated scientists to keep them running, yet one of those giant behemoths could not match the computing power of a single microchip today.

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From the first massive computers to today's nanotechnology, DIGITAL REVOLUTIONARIES offers a guided tour of the history of computers and a celebration of the human ingenuity that led the world from ENIAC to iMAC.

From ENIAC to iMac

A guided history of computing traces the leap from room-sized machines to microchips.

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  • The history of computers, from room-sized machines to microchips
  • The people and ingenuity behind computing’s development

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  • Early computers that took teams of scientists to keep running
  • A sweep from ENIAC to nanotechnology

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Inventions & Inventors77%
Computers59%

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Publisher categories

  • Computers
  • Electronics & Electricity
Authors
Steve Lohr
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Published
September 29, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
History of computing · Technological progress · Human ingenuity
Reading lane
Computers