Author: Jennifer Flynn
Publisher: Alpha Computer
ISBN: 9781567612578
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A visual tour of personal computer technology in the '90s, from the vantage point of a 24th-century Starfleet Academy course in computer history. This licensed Star Trek computer book focuses on the Next Generation characters and the starship Enterprise, using the characters as contributing authors who introduce topic areas and comment on these topics throughout the presentation of material.
20th Century Computers and how They Worked
Author: Jennifer Flynn
Publisher: Alpha Computer
ISBN: 9781567612578
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A visual tour of personal computer technology in the '90s, from the vantage point of a 24th-century Starfleet Academy course in computer history. This licensed Star Trek computer book focuses on the Next Generation characters and the starship Enterprise, using the characters as contributing authors who introduce topic areas and comment on these topics throughout the presentation of material.
Publisher: Alpha Computer
ISBN: 9781567612578
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A visual tour of personal computer technology in the '90s, from the vantage point of a 24th-century Starfleet Academy course in computer history. This licensed Star Trek computer book focuses on the Next Generation characters and the starship Enterprise, using the characters as contributing authors who introduce topic areas and comment on these topics throughout the presentation of material.
History of Computing in the Twentieth Century
Author: Nicholas Metropolis
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483296687
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
History of Computing in the Twentieth Century
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483296687
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
History of Computing in the Twentieth Century
Inventing the Electronic Century
Author: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674029399
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., traces their origins and worldwide development. This masterful analysis is essential reading for every manager and student of technology.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674029399
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., traces their origins and worldwide development. This masterful analysis is essential reading for every manager and student of technology.
How Computers Work
Author: Ron White
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 078974984X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Take a trip through the neural pathways and vital organs of your personal computer with the newest edition of this long-standing bestseller. Glorious full color illustrations make even the most complex subjects easy to understand. Follow PC/Computing senior editor and computer expert Ron White as he shows you the cutting edge technologies, including the Internet, multimedia sound and video, Pentium processors, local bus architecture, Plug and Play, CD-ROM, digital cameras, color printing, and more in new chapters on the hottest, and coolest, PC components.
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 078974984X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Take a trip through the neural pathways and vital organs of your personal computer with the newest edition of this long-standing bestseller. Glorious full color illustrations make even the most complex subjects easy to understand. Follow PC/Computing senior editor and computer expert Ron White as he shows you the cutting edge technologies, including the Internet, multimedia sound and video, Pentium processors, local bus architecture, Plug and Play, CD-ROM, digital cameras, color printing, and more in new chapters on the hottest, and coolest, PC components.
When Computers Were Human
Author: David Alan Grier
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400849365
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a career deferred and an education forgotten, a secret life unappreciated; like many highly educated women of her generation, she studied to become a human computer because nothing else would offer her a place in the scientific world. The book begins with the return of Halley's comet in 1758 and the effort of three French astronomers to compute its orbit. It ends four cycles later, with a UNIVAC electronic computer projecting the 1986 orbit. In between, Grier tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides the reader through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. When Computers Were Human is the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community. In the end, they were rewarded by a new electronic machine that took the place and the name of those who were, once, the computers.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400849365
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a career deferred and an education forgotten, a secret life unappreciated; like many highly educated women of her generation, she studied to become a human computer because nothing else would offer her a place in the scientific world. The book begins with the return of Halley's comet in 1758 and the effort of three French astronomers to compute its orbit. It ends four cycles later, with a UNIVAC electronic computer projecting the 1986 orbit. In between, Grier tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides the reader through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. When Computers Were Human is the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community. In the end, they were rewarded by a new electronic machine that took the place and the name of those who were, once, the computers.
20th Century Americans
Turing's Cathedral
Author: George Dyson
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375422773
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Documents the innovations of a group of eccentric geniuses who developed computer code in the mid-20th century as part of mathematician Alan Turin's theoretical universal machine idea, exploring how their ideas led to such developments as digital television, modern genetics and the hydrogen bomb.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375422773
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Documents the innovations of a group of eccentric geniuses who developed computer code in the mid-20th century as part of mathematician Alan Turin's theoretical universal machine idea, exploring how their ideas led to such developments as digital television, modern genetics and the hydrogen bomb.
The 20th Century O-Z
Author: Frank N. Magill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136593624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
Book Description
Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136593624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
Book Description
Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Quantum Computing
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030947969X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Quantum mechanics, the subfield of physics that describes the behavior of very small (quantum) particles, provides the basis for a new paradigm of computing. First proposed in the 1980s as a way to improve computational modeling of quantum systems, the field of quantum computing has recently garnered significant attention due to progress in building small-scale devices. However, significant technical advances will be required before a large-scale, practical quantum computer can be achieved. Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects provides an introduction to the field, including the unique characteristics and constraints of the technology, and assesses the feasibility and implications of creating a functional quantum computer capable of addressing real-world problems. This report considers hardware and software requirements, quantum algorithms, drivers of advances in quantum computing and quantum devices, benchmarks associated with relevant use cases, the time and resources required, and how to assess the probability of success.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030947969X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Quantum mechanics, the subfield of physics that describes the behavior of very small (quantum) particles, provides the basis for a new paradigm of computing. First proposed in the 1980s as a way to improve computational modeling of quantum systems, the field of quantum computing has recently garnered significant attention due to progress in building small-scale devices. However, significant technical advances will be required before a large-scale, practical quantum computer can be achieved. Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects provides an introduction to the field, including the unique characteristics and constraints of the technology, and assesses the feasibility and implications of creating a functional quantum computer capable of addressing real-world problems. This report considers hardware and software requirements, quantum algorithms, drivers of advances in quantum computing and quantum devices, benchmarks associated with relevant use cases, the time and resources required, and how to assess the probability of success.
The 20th Century and Then What?
Author: Audrey Kerry-Ward
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848761171
Category : Life
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The author uses a combination of philosophy, history and psychology to look at the evolution of man and the dramatic social and spiritual changes that have occurred over the years.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848761171
Category : Life
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The author uses a combination of philosophy, history and psychology to look at the evolution of man and the dramatic social and spiritual changes that have occurred over the years.