An analysis of the political and cultural forces that gave rise to the personal computer chronicles its development through the people, politics, and social upheavals that defined its time, from a teenage anti-war protester who laid the groundwork for the PC revolution to the imprisoned creator of the first word processing software for the IBM PC. Reprint.

Profiles eight founders of the computer industry, including Thomas Watson, Jr. of IBM, An Wang of Wang Laboratories, Seymour Cray of Cray Research, Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore of Intel, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Steve Jobs of Apple Computers, and Steve Case of America Online.Profiles eight founders of the computer industry, including Thomas Watson, Jr., An Wang, Seymour Cray, Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Steve Case. (view table of contents)

A fascinating portrait of life in the Stone Age of the computer era, when each computer cost millions of dollars, and Minneapolis/St. Paul (home to both Univac and CDC) was the Silicon Valley of the Midwest. (BYTE).

Provides a history of the computer and its industry, discussing such topics as the rise of the Apple Computer and research done on artificial intelligence

Tells the stories of inventors, computer scientists, mathematicians, businessmen, and programmers who have contributed to the computer revolution

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