A History of Computing Technology, 2nd Edition
by Michael R. Williams
Prentice-Hall Series in Computational Mathematics
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This second edition of the popular reference and textbook outlinesthe historical developments in computing technology. The bookdescribes historical aspects of calculation and concentrates on thephysical devices used to aid people in their attempts at automatingthe arithmetic process. A History of Computing Technology highlights the majoradvances in arithmetic from the beginning of counting, through thethree most important developments in the subject: the invention ofthe zero, logarithms, and show more the electronic computer. It provides youwith an understanding of how these ideas developed and why thelatest tools are in their current forms. In addition, it tells manyof the interesting stories about both the machines and thescientists who produced them. It focuses on the extraordinaryaccomplishments of those computer pioneers whose work will stand asproof of their genius and hard work. show lessTags
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- Nonfiction, Technology, History, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
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- 681.145 — Applied science & technology Manufacture for specific uses Precision instruments and other devices Instruments for measuring time, counting and calculating machines and instruments Counting and calculating machines and instruments Calculators
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- QA76.17 .W56 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science
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