Bibliography - Textbooks

Bibliography - Textbooks

Michael R. Williams, A History of Computing Technology, Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997. ISBN: 0818677392.
This second edition of the popular reference and textbook outlines the historical developments in computing technology. It describes historical aspects of calculation and concentrates on the physical devices used to aid people in their attempts at automating the process of arithmetic.

Paul E. Ceruzzi, A History of Modern Computing, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1998. ISBN: 0262032554.
Covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the advent of the World Wide Web. The author concentrates on four key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginnings of personal computing in the 1970s; and the spread of networking after 1985.

Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray, Computer: A History of the Information Machine, New York: BasicBooks, 1996. ISBN: 0465029892.
Introduces the main features of today's computers and their uses one by one. Places the design and use of computers in a historical perspective.

Campbell-Kelly & Aspray: Computer: A History of Information Machine

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	Michael R. Williams, A History of Computing Technology, Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997. ISBN: 0818677392. This second edition of the popular reference and textbook outlines the historical developments in computing technology. It describes historical aspects of calculation and concentrates on the physical devices used to aid people in their attempts at automating the process of arithmetic.

	Paul E. Ceruzzi, A History of Modern Computing, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1998. ISBN: 0262032554. Covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the advent of the World Wide Web. The author concentrates on four key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginnings of personal computing in the 1970s; and the spread of networking after 1985.

	Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray, Computer: A History of the Information Machine, New York: BasicBooks, 1996. ISBN: 0465029892. Introduces the main features of today's computers and their uses one by one. Places the design and use of computers in a historical perspective.