The Computer in the United States: From Laboratory to Market, 1930-60

by James W. Cortada

Overview

This book studies how a technological innovation — in this case the computer — progresses from its origin as an idea in someone's mind to its eventual manifestation as a useable and marketable consumer product.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563242342
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Issues and the Debate; Chapter 2 Technical Origins of the Computer; Chapter 3 Analog, Electromechanical, and Digital Machines; Chapter 4 Vendors’ Initial Responses to the Computer; Chapter 5 The Public and Customers Meet the Computer; Chapter 6 Patterns in Office Equipment Technology;

Editorial Reviews

Traces the rise of King Computer by examining three aspects: the development and evolution of the technology by the scientists, the manufacture and marketing of the products by companies and vendors, and the reception of computers by the public when they began hearing about them in the 1950s. Of interest to historians of technology, sociologists, and general readers. Paper edition (unseen), $16.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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