[This] book set a standard for the history of computing
This book set a standard for the history of computing. -- P. E. Ceruzzi "Computing Reviews"
"A Computer Perspective" is the first truly graphic history of the origin and development of the computer...This book will long remain a unique anthology of the great events that occur when dreamers and theorists can get together with engineers and inventors.
"A Computer Perspective: Background to the Computer Age" sets out to... place the digital computer in its historical context, taking 1950 as its terminal date. By then, the digital computer revolution had been fully inaugurated with the first generation of modern stored-program computers. The book casts a wide net as it presents, mainly with pictures and captions, the many contributory ideas and developments that provide the foundation and background for the computer age...This is a book full of interesting pictures and quotations. It brings out the technical, human and social aspects of the development of computers in an imaginative way. Who could resist a book containing such fascinating information? -- Antony Anderson "New Scientist"
This book set a standard for the history of computing. -- P. E. Ceruzzi "Computing Reviews"
"A Computer Perspective" is the first truly graphic history of the origin and development of the computer...This book will long remain a unique anthology of the great events that occur when dreamers and theorists can get together with engineers and inventors.
"A Computer Perspective: Background to the Computer Age" sets out to... place the digital computer in its historical context, taking 1950 as its terminal date. By then, the digital computer revolution had been fully inaugurated with the first generation of modern stored-program computers. The book casts a wide net as it presents, mainly with pictures and captions, the many contributory ideas and developments that provide the foundation and background for the computer age...This is a book full of interesting pictures and quotations. It brings out the technical, human and social aspects of the development of computers in an imaginative way. Who could resist a book containing such fascinating information? -- Antony Anderson "New Scientist"
Catherine Ince is Curator at Barbican Art Gallery, where she specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary architecture and design. Eames Demetrios is the director of the Eames Office and chairman of the Eames Foundation.. Patricia Kirkham is a professor at Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. Dr. Eric Schuldenfrei is the author of The Films of Charles and Ray Eames.Anthony Acciavatti is principal at the architectural firm Somatic- Collaborative, NY. Sam Jacob is Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Chicago and Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture. Alison Moloney is Curator and Research Fellow at the London College of Fashion.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674156258 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674156250 |
| Title | Computer Perspective |
| Author | Charles Eames |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1973-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |