The computer book
Subtitle: from the abacus to artificial intelligence, 250 milestones in the history of computer science
By: Simson L. Garfinkel and Rachel H. Grunspan
Contributors: Grunspan, Rachel H., author
Series: Sterling Milestones series; Sterling Milestones series
Publisher: Sterling
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781454926214
Subjects: Calculators; Computers; History
Description: "Two expert authors, with decades' of experience working in computer research and innovation, explore topics including the Sumerian abacus, the first spam message, Morse code, cryptography, early computers, Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics, UNIX and early programming languages, movies, video games, mainframes, minis and micros, hacking, virtual reality, and more"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-523) and index.