Engines of the Mind : The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors

Joel Shurkin

ISBN 10: 0393314715 / ISBN 13: 9780393314717

Published by W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 1996

About this Item

First printing of the revised edition. Slight rubbing and creasing to covers. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm).

Seller Inventory # 1189E262

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engines of the Mind : The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors
• Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393314715
• ISBN 13: 9780393314717
• Binding: Paperback. Printed pages: 363
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 650 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering & Technical

About this title

Synopsis

Now available with a new chapter, for the fiftieth anniversary of the computer.

When John Mauchly and Presper Eckert developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II, their intention was to aid artillerymen in aiming their guns. Since then, in the past fifty years, ENIAC and its offspring have changed the way we go about both business and science. Along with the transistor, the computer has brought about transformation on a scale unmatched since the industrial revolution.

Now, in a lively and evenhanded account, Joel Shurkin introduces us to the often-feuding players and the discoveries that made the computer possible-from the first models to the creation of the chip and beyond. Here is the first full account of an invention that changed the world.

For this new paperback edition, Shurkin has added an epilogue and a new chapter on the latest milestones in the ongoing computer revolution.

About the Author

Joel Shurkin is a science writer and has run the science journalism internship at Stanford University. A former reporter for UPI and Reuters and science editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, he was a lead writer on the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Three Mile Island.