Computer : a history of the information machine /
Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, Jeffrey R. Yost.
- Third edition.
- xv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- The Sloan technology series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index.
Preface to the Third Edition -- Part One. BEFORE THE COMPUTER -- When Computers Were People -- The Mechanical Office -- Babbage's Dream Comes True -- Part Two. CREATING THE COMPUTER -- Inventing the Computer -- The Computer Becomes a Business Machine -- The Maturing of the Mainframe : The Rise of IBM -- Part Three. INNOVATION AND EXPANSION -- Real Time : Reaping the Whirlwind -- Software -- New Modes of Computing -- Part Four. GETTING PERSONAL -- The Shaping of the Personal Computer -- Broadening the Appeal -- The Internet.