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  • ENIAC in Action

    Making and Remaking the Modern Computer

    Series series History of Computing
    The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose programmable electronic computer. But ENIAC was more than just a milestone on the road to the ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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    The End of the World As We Know It

    de Ken Auletta ...
    A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media Landscape.There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. As only he can, bestselling author Ken Auletta takes readers for a ride on the Google wave, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses?from newspapers to books, to ... Leer más

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  • The Soul of A New Machine

    de Tracy Kidder ...
    Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Leer más

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  • The Logician and the Engineer

    How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age

    de Paul J. Nahin ...
    Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, best-selling popular math writer Paul ... Leer más

    $15.89 USD

  • Alan Turing and his Contemporaries

    Building the world's first computers

    Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Ultimate Guide to Classic Game Consoles

    de Kevin Baker ...
    The ultimate guide to retro game consoles, an ideal reference for collectors and enthusiasts..Write ups, specs and pictures of over 85 collectible consoles and variant models from 1972 to 2000. From the Magnavox Odyssey right through to the Sega Dreamcast.Including the history of the evolution of electronic gaming and advice on how to collect classic consoles.A comprehensive database of ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Peep Diaries

    How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors

    We have entered the age of "peep culture": a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon that is dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security and even humanity. Peep culture is reality TV, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, over-the-counter spy gear, blogs, chat rooms, amateur porn, surveillance technology, Dr. Phil, Borat, cell phone photos of your drunk friend making ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Beautiful Security

    Leading Security Experts Explain How They Think

    Although most people don't give security much attention until their personal or business systems are attacked, this thought-provoking anthology demonstrates that digital security is not only worth thinking about, it's also a fascinating topic. Criminals succeed by exercising enormous creativity, and those defending against them must do the same.Beautiful Security explores this challenging subject ... Leer más

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  • The Gatekeepers: Sergey Brin Larry Page and Google

    de Daniel Alef ...
    Sergey Brin once described the Internet as the repository of all our knowledge and the company he and Larry Page founded a mere decade ago Google Inc. provides access to the Internet for a majority of the Western world. Google has altered the world we live in with a profound impact on just about everything we do. In addition to the search engine Google has given us many other products including ... Leer más

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  • Programmed Inequality

    How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing

    de Mar Hicks ...
    Series series History of Computing
    This “sobering tale of the real consequences of gender bias” explores how Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women (Harvard Magazine)In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Generation of Wealth

    The rise of Control Data and how it inspired an era of innovation and investment in the Upper Midwest

    During the 1960s, an upstart Minnesota company, Control Data, made an enormous impact on the computer industry with the help of a handful of engineers and executives led by William Norris and Seymour Cray. The rise of Control Data from a company selling stock at $1 a share to a multi-national firm manufacturing the world’s fastest computers is an extraordinary story in itself. But author Donald M. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Inside the Machine

    Art and Invention in the Electronic Age

    A visual history of the electronic age captures the collision of technology and art—and our collective visions of the future.A hidden history of the twentieth century’s brilliant innovations—as seen through art and images of electronics that fed the dreams of millions.A rich historical account of electronic technology in the twentieth century, Inside the Machine journeys from the very origins of ... Leer más

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