Book ID: CBB000068408

Computer: A history of the information machine (1996)

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Campbell-Kelly, Martin (Author)
Aspray, William F. (Author)


Basic Books


Publication Date: 1996
Physical Details: ix + 342 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Mahoney, M. (1998) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (p. 86). unapi

Review Wilkes, M.V. (1996) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". Nature (p. 405). unapi

Review Yates, J. (1997) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". Business History (pp. 200-1). unapi

Review Edwards, P.N. (1998) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 93-99). unapi

Review Seidel, R.W. (1998) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". Technology and Culture (pp. 820-21). unapi

Review Agar, J. (1998) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 368-71). unapi

Review Carlsson, A. (2001) Review of "Computer: A history of the information machine". Lychnos (p. 169). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Aspray, William F.
Williams, Michael R.
Williams, M. R.
Rojas, Raúl
Lee, J. A. N.
Concepts
Computers and computing
Technology
Computer industry
Information technology
Biographies
History of Computing
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
Places
British Isles
Zurich (Switzerland)
United States
Japan
Germany
Europe
Institutions
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
Madras Museum
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