Science Comics: Computers
How Digital Hardware Works
First Second · Print & ebook · October 21, 2025
Boot Up!
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- Who it’s for
- Computer architecture gets a comic explanation, from pocket phones to microwave ovens.
- Themes
- Computer architecture, Technology is made by people, Understanding how technology works
- Pacing
- Fast
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Boot Up! Science Comics: Computers is a new volume in First Second's middle grade nonfiction STEM series! The whole world now runs on computers. They're everywhere, from your pocket phone to your microwave oven. But, what exactly is a computer? How could you possibly build machines that calculate things, play video games, and dim the lights on command?
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Professor Isabella Brunel, Victorian Era Computer Expert (and a Tyrannosaurus Rex), narrates a screwball comedy romp through the fundamentals of computer architecture. The madcap cast teaches you how these extraordinary devices really work, but the book's real message is this: technology is not magic, it's created by human beings, and what other people have figured out, you can understand too.
Computer Architecture
Computer architecture gets a comic explanation, from pocket phones to microwave ovens.
Come here for
- Computer architecture, explained through a screwball cast
- Computers in pocket phones and microwave ovens
Expect
- A middle-grade look at how digital hardware works
- Technology made by people, not magic
Where it sits
| Computers | 81% |
|---|---|
| Comics Science & Nature | 50% |
| How Things Work | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Computers
- Technology
- Comics Science & Nature
- Authors
- Perry E. Metzger, Penelope Spector
- Publisher
- First Second
- Published
- October 21, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Computer architecture · Technology is made by people · Understanding how technology works
- Reading lane
- Computers