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The computer is the culmination of a long chain of technological developments. This book tells the whole computer story - from grooves and beads to today's superfast computers. It is also about the brilliant and forward-looking men who have shaped the computer's history.
The story of computer pioneers and the industry they founded. It reveals the vision they shared, the sacrifices they made, and the rewards they reaped. A fascinating account of an idea that caught fire.
Tells the story of two ingenious young Americans, Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, who spawned a new global industry with the idea of monolithic integrated circuit.
The IC, the brain of computers, is among the most important inventions of the twenties century. Featuring stunning color photographs of some of the most significant chips ever created, the book celebrates the aesthetics of integrated circuits as well as their extraordinary capabilities.
A trenchant, vastly readable history of the personal computer industry, one of the greatest success stories in American business. Cringely spins an American saga of creativity that is shocking and inspiring. See also the video based on this best-selling book, Triumph of the Nerds.
Tells of the technology revolution that is transforming society and dramatically changing the way we live, work, and think.
Silicon Valley is the cradle of the world's high-tech industry and a model for America's industrial future. Malone burrows beneath the well-tended image of the high-tech revolution for a hard-hitting look at the reality of Silicon Valley life.
Tells the exciting story behind the birth of a new industry and a new knowledge that has resulted in a restructuring of science and technology as well as in major rearrangements of political and economic power.
This book is about people: 35 entrepreneurs who built the exploding computer-software business. It is also the story of the software industry that is transforming the present and shaping the future.
Veit discusses the history of PCs, enterprising entrepreneurs who made the personal computer revolution happen, and the rise (and in the case of many, the fall) of computer companies.