Who invented the computer?
By: Robert Snedden
Series: Breakthroughs in science and technology; Breakthroughs in science and technology
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781445100524
Subjects: Computers; Juvenile literature; History; Computers and civilization
Description: This title looks back at the long history of computers and whos how the digital world we enjoy today was created.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: It all adds up!; title: Calculators; title: A revolution; title: Babbage and his engines; title: Information processing; title: Calculators to computers; title: Relays and switches; title: Colossus goes to war; title: ENIAC; title: Crucial developments; title: Baby and Whirlwind; title: The transistor; title: UNIVAC; title: The microchip arrives; title: GUI and the mouse; title: Internet dawn; title: The microprocessor; title: Computing gets personal; title: A world connected.