The universal history of computing

Name: The universal history of computing
ISBN: 9780471441472

Georges Ifrah · 2000

Computer Science Programming

Open Library Amazon

Stats for nerds

0recommend

2mentions

2people

2014years

100% neutral

What Hacker News says

johnmarinelliDec 2014
I know there's plenty of quality technical books, but I'm looking for the kind of book that I can read a few pages of on the morning bus ride. The first book that comes to mind is "The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum Computer" by Georges Ifrah (although I haven't read it). I feel that a combination of technical books and light reads would make me a more well-rounded programmer, and I feel like my knowledge of computing out of the context of the 21st century is pretty limited. If you have any entertaining and/or lightweight books on computing or branches of computing, I'd love to hear about them. I'd also be interested in documentaries or movies too.
thread
walterbellJun 2014
A few books on computer / computing / internet history:
1953, Faster Than Thought, B.V. Bowden (British 1940s & 50s) https://archive.org/details/FasterThanThought
1984, The Home Computer Wars (Commodore, Atari, Apple) https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Wars http://www.amazon.com/The-Home-Computer-Wars-Commodore/dp/09...
1985, History of Computing Technology, Michael Williams (Abacus to IBM360) http://www.amazon.com/History-Computing-Technology-2nd-Editi...
1985, The Great Telecom Meltdown, Fred Goldstein (USA deregulation) http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/TELECOM_Digest_On...
2001, The Universal History of Computing, Georges Ifrah (Egypt to 1970s) http://www.amazon.com/The-Universal-History-Computing-Comput...
2002, Electronic Brains (UK, US & Ukraine soon after WWII) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/electronicbrains.shtml http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Brains-Stories-Dawn-Compute...
2008, Geeks Bearing Gifts, Ted Nelson (rants & factoids) http://www.amazon.com/Geeks-Bearing-Gifts-Ted-Nelson/dp/0578...
2010, Commodore, A Company on the Edge, Brian Bagnall (war stories from 6502 through C64, no Amiga) http://retroasylum.com/commodore-a-company-on-the-edge-revie... http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/d...
2011, The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976, John Harwood http://www.west86th.bgc.bard.edu/book-reviews/interface-ibm....
thread