The Reviews department features full reviews of David Alan Grier's "When Computers Were Human", Jeremy Norman's "From Gutenberg to the Internet: A Sourcebook on the History of Information Technology", and Christophe Lécuyer's "Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech", 1930-1970.
Index Terms:
human computers, Halley's Comet, Work Projects Administration, time line, origins of the Internet, Silicon Valley, General Electric, Litton Industries, Shockley Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor
Citation:
Jonathan P. Bowen, Tim Bergin, Christopher H. Sterling, "Reviews," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 77-80, Apr.-June 2006, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2006.36