The Historian And The Computer

Author : Rachel Ignotofsky
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781984857422

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The History of the Computer by Rachel Ignotofsky Pdf

A strikingly illustrated overview of the computing machines that have changed our world—from the abacus to the smartphone—and the people who made them, by the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Women in Science. “A beautifully illustrated journey through the history of computing, from the Antikythera mechanism to the iPhone and beyond—I loved it.”—Eben Upton, Founder and CEO of Raspberry Pi ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library Computers are everywhere and have impacted our lives in so many ways. But who created them, and why? How have they transformed the way that we interact with our surroundings and each other? Packed with accessible information, fun facts, and discussion starters, this charming and art-filled book takes you from the ancient world to the modern day, focusing on important inventions, from the earliest known counting systems to the sophisticated algorithms behind AI. The History of the Computer also profiles a diverse range of key players and creators—from An Wang and Margaret Hamilton to Steve Jobs and Sir Tim Berners-Lee—and illuminates their goals, their intentions, and the impact of their inventions on our everyday lives. This entertaining and educational journey will help you understand our most important machines and how we can use them to enhance the way we live. You’ll never look at your phone the same way again!

Author : Edward Shorter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : OCLC:1035605209

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The historian and the computer : a practical guide by Edward Shorter Pdf

Author : MARTIN. CAMPBELL-KELLY,Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367097508

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Computer by MARTIN. CAMPBELL-KELLY,Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Edward Shorter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0393007324

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The historian and the computer by Edward Shorter Pdf

Author : Kevin Kee,Timothy J Compeau
Publisher : U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780472131112

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Seeing the Past with Computers by Kevin Kee,Timothy J Compeau Pdf

Recent developments in computer technology are providing historians with new ways to see—and seek to hear, touch, or smell—traces of the past. Place-based augmented reality applications are an increasingly common feature at heritage sites and museums, allowing historians to create immersive, multifaceted learning experiences. Now that computer vision can be directed at the past, research involving thousands of images can recreate lost or destroyed objects or environments, and discern patterns in vast datasets that could not be perceived by the naked eye. Seeing the Past with Computers is a collection of twelve thought-pieces on the current and potential uses of augmented reality and computer vision in historical research, teaching, and presentation. The experts gathered here reflect upon their experiences working with new technologies, share their ideas for best practices, and assess the implications of—and imagine future possibilities for—new methods of historical study. Among the experimental topics they explore are the use of augmented reality that empowers students to challenge the presentation of historical material in their textbooks; the application of seeing computers to unlock unusual cultural knowledge, such as the secrets of vaudevillian stage magic; hacking facial recognition technology to reveal victims of racism in a century-old Australian archive; and rebuilding the soundscape of an Iron Age village with aural augmented reality. This volume is a valuable resource for scholars and students of history and the digital humanities more broadly. It will inspire them to apply innovative methods to open new paths for conducting and sharing their own research.

Author : Stan Veit,Stanley Veit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005119107

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Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer by Stan Veit,Stanley Veit Pdf

The fascinating history of the personal computer from Altair to the IBM PC revolution. Written by computer legend Stan Veit, who turned Computer Shopper into the world's largest computer magazine.

Author : Jeffrey R. Yost
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262036726

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Making IT Work by Jeffrey R. Yost Pdf

The evolution of the multi-billion-dollar computer services industry, from consulting and programming to data analytics and cloud computing, with case studies of important companies. The computer services industry has worldwide annual revenues of nearly a trillion dollars and employs millions of workers, but is often overshadowed by the hardware and software products industries. In this book, Jeffrey Yost shows how computer services, from consulting and programming to data analytics and cloud computing, have played a crucial role in shaping information technology—in making IT work. Tracing the evolution of the computer services industry from the 1950s to the present, Yost provides case studies of important companies (including IBM, Hewlett Packard, Andersen/Accenture, EDS, Infosys, and others) and profiles of such influential leaders as John Diebold, Ross Perot, and Virginia Rometty. He offers a fundamental reinterpretation of IBM as a supplier of computer services rather than just a producer of hardware, exploring how IBM bundled services with hardware for many years before becoming service-centered in the 1990s. Yost describes the emergence of companies that offered consulting services, data processing, programming, and systems integration. He examines the development of industry-defining trade associations; facilities management and the firm that invented it, Ross Perot's EDS; time sharing, a precursor of the cloud; IBM's early computer services; and independent contractor brokerages. Finally, he explores developments since the 1980s: the transformations of IBM and Hewlett Packard; the offshoring of enterprises and labor; major Indian IT service providers and the changing geographical deployment of U.S.-based companies; and the paradigm-changing phenomenon of cloud service.

Author : Simson L Garfinkel,Rachel H. Grunspan
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781454926221

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The Computer Book by Simson L Garfinkel,Rachel H. Grunspan Pdf

An illustrated journey through 250 milestones in computer science, from the ancient abacus to Boolean algebra, GPS, and social media. With 250 illustrated landmark inventions, publications, and events—encompassing everything from ancient record-keeping devices to the latest computing technologies—The Computer Book takes a chronological journey through the history and future of computer science. 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 “What a delight! A fast trip through the computing landscape in the company of friendly tour guides who know the history.” —Harry Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University

Author : Tom Sito
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262314312

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Moving Innovation by Tom Sito Pdf

A behind-the-scenes history of computer graphics, featuring a cast of math nerds, avant-garde artists, cold warriors, hippies, video game players, and studio executives. Computer graphics (or CG) has changed the way we experience the art of moving images. Computer graphics is the difference between Steamboat Willie and Buzz Lightyear, between ping pong and PONG. It began in 1963 when an MIT graduate student named Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad, the first true computer animation program. Sutherland noted: “Since motion can be put into Sketchpad drawings, it might be exciting to try making cartoons.” This book, the first full-length history of CG, shows us how Sutherland's seemingly offhand idea grew into a multibillion dollar industry. In Moving Innovation, Tom Sito—himself an animator and industry insider for more than thirty years—describes the evolution of CG. His story features a memorable cast of characters—math nerds, avant-garde artists, cold warriors, hippies, video game enthusiasts, and studio executives: disparate types united by a common vision. Sito shows us how fifty years of work by this motley crew made movies like Toy Story and Avatar possible.

Author : Boisy G Pitre,Bill Loguidice
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466592476

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CoCo by Boisy G Pitre,Bill Loguidice Pdf

CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer is the first book to document the complete history of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo), a popular 8-bit PC series from the 1980s that competed against the era’s biggest names, including the Apple II, IBM PC, and Commodore 64. The book takes you inside the interesting stories and people behind this unique, underdog computer. Both noted computer science and technology advocates, authors Pitre and Loguidice reveal the story of a pivotal period in the home computing revolution from the perspective of Tandy’s CoCo. As these computers were sold in Radio Shack stores throughout the United States and other countries, they provide a critical point of reference for key events in the unprecedented evolutionary period for the PC industry in the 1980s. The book also features first-hand accounts from the people who created and promoted the CoCo, from the original Tandy executives and engineers to today’s active product creators and information keepers. The CoCo impacted many lives, and this book leaves no stone unturned in recounting this fascinating slice of the PC revolution that is still in play today. From early telecommunications experiments to engineering and budgetary challenges, it covers all the aspects that made the CoCo a truly personal, useful computing experience in as small and inexpensive a package as possible.

Author : Elizabeth Raum
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1403496579

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The History of the Television by Elizabeth Raum Pdf

Relates what life was like before the invention of the television and explains how the invention developed through time into what it is today.

Author : Therese Naber
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629697673

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How the Computer Changed History by Therese Naber Pdf

How the Computer Changed History examines the development of the computer, how it works, and how it has become a standard machine used in businesses, homes, and industries. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Martin Campbell-Kelly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674286559

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From Mainframes to Smartphones by Martin Campbell-Kelly Pdf

This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.

Author : Myrddin John Lewis,Roger Lloyd-Jones
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0415103126

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Using Computers in History by Myrddin John Lewis,Roger Lloyd-Jones Pdf

This book is designed to introduce students to historical computing through practical workshop exercises. It aims to explain and illustrate the possible uses of the computer for the historian.

Author : Felipe Pepe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09
Category : Computer games
ISBN : 1999353307

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The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games by Felipe Pepe Pdf

Reviews over 400 seminal games from 1975 to 2015. Each entry shares articles on the genre, mod suggestions and hints on how to run the games on modern hardware.