{"product_id":"computer-a-history-of-the-information-machine-paperback","title":"Computer: A History of the Information Machine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Campbell-Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam F. Aspray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey R. Yost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComputer: A History of the Information Machine\u003c\/em\u003e traces the history of the computer and its unlimited, information-processing potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehensive and accessibly written, this fully updated fourth edition adds new chapters on the globalization of information technology, the rise of social media, fake news, and the gig economy, and the regulatory frameworks being put in place to tame the ubiquitous computer. \u003ci\u003eComputer\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful look at the pace of technological advancement and the seamless way computers are integrated into the modern world. The authors examine the history of the computer, including the first steps taken by Charles Babbage in the nineteenth century, and how wartime needs and the development of electronics led to the giant ENIAC, the first electronic computer. For a generation IBM dominated the computer industry. In the 1980s, the desktop PC liberated people from room-sized mainframe computers. Next, laptops and smartphones made computers available to half of the world's population, leading to the rise of Google and Facebook, and powerful apps that changed the way we work, consume, learn, and socialize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is an essential resource for scholars and those studying computer history, technology history, and information and society, as well as a range of courses in the fields of computer science, communications, sociology, and management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Campbell-Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Computer Science at Warwick University. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eCellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry\u003c\/i\u003e (with Daniel Garcia-Swartz, 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam F. Aspray\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eFake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America\u003c\/i\u003e (with James Cortada, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey R. Yost\u003c\/strong\u003e is Director of the Charles Babbage Institute and Research Professor in the Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, at the University of Minnesota. His books include \u003ci\u003eMaking IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonghong Tinn \u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Her works on the history and globalization of information technology have been published in \u003cem\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIEEE Annals of the History of Computing\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOsiris\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerardo Con Díaz \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSoftware Rights: How Patent Law Transformed Software Development in America\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and has held fellowships at Yale Law School and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53044842037472,"sku":"9781032203430","price":94.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/jz83eAwon9781032203430.webp?v=1781480491","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/computer-a-history-of-the-information-machine-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}