Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers [Paperback]

Stan Augarten (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P) (November 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899193021
• ISBN-13: 978-0899193021
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,577,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Besides an Illustrated History, an Enjoyable One, December 21, 1999

By 

Gerardo Jiménez C (Bogotá, D.C., Colombia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers (Paperback)

A good source of data for those who want to know how the Industry of Computers began. If you want to understand why the Computer Science changed the world, and if you'd like to speak as an expert in all those fantastic words of the luckiest people on the 50's, 60's, 70's and even the 80's who had the opportunity to grow and deal with this technology, and feel how these people had to accept new windows-know-it-all-users with little or none at all knowledge about programming and other related training and long-time-consuming-hard-to-learn skills, you must read this book. Then, I'm sure, you'll know what I mean.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful look into the history of computers, October 28, 2000

By 

M. Moffatt (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers (Paperback)

Without a doubt one of the best books on the history of computers that I've ever read. The author tells not only the story of the machines themselves, but also of the people who built them and why they followed the paths they did.

The photos and illustrations really bring the story to life; now you can actually see what these machines and people looked like!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Besides an Illustrated History, an Enjoyable One, December 22, 1999

By 

Gerardo Jiménez C (Bogotá, D.C., Colombia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers (Paperback)

A good source of data for those who want to know how the Industry of Computers began. If you want to understand why the Computer Science changed the world, and if you'd like to speak as an expert in all those fantastic words of the luckiest people on the 50's, 60's, 70's and even the 80's who had the opportunity to grow and deal with this technology, and feel how these people had to accept new windows-know-it-all-users with little or none at all knowledge about programming and other related training and long-time-consuming-hard-to-learn skills, you must read this book. Then, I'm sure, you'll know what I mean.