The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.
Author: Jon Agar
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781785782381
Author: Jon Agar
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781785782381
About the Author
Dr Jon Agar teaches at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London and is the author of Constant Touch: a Global History of the Mobile Phone, and Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond