From 0 to 1: An Authoritative History of Modern Computing - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195140257 ISBN 13: 9780195140255

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Computers and their origins have a fascination both for scholars and for ordinary readers, but much of the existing literature on the history of computing is too specialized to interest the general reader. This collection is broad in scope, offering an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the history of computing. It gives an overview of two centuries in the history of information processing and detailed coverage of a number of more recent topics, including PC software, user interfaces, and the Internet. By integrating the technical, business, and policy aspects of the history of computing, the authors explain how and why computers were created, and how they were shaped by the intent of their creators. All of the contributors are experts in their fields, writing clearly and avoiding jargon to make this book accessible to a wide range of general readers, students, and historians and computer professionals.

About this title

About the Author:

Atsushi Akera, Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. Frederick Nebeker, Senior Research Historian, IEEE History Center, Rutgers University.

Review:

"[P]rovides a survey history for a wide range of general readers, students, and historians and computer professionals. The most recent such approach as we go to press, the 15 contribueted chapters are all by authorities in the field. ... Taken together, these chapters provide a well-grounded survey of two centuries in the history of information processing and detailed coverage of a number of more recent topics, including policy aspects of the history of computing."--Communication Booknotes Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195140257
• ISBN 13: 9780195140255
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Akera Atsushi, Nebeker Frederick