Inventors of Computer Technology

by Heather S. Morrison, Cathleen Small, Mary Sisson

Overview

Throughout the course of history, there have been many inventions that have changed the ways societies function, propelling them into a new era. Computers and other corresponding technologies are relatively new inventions, but they have greatly influenced the way modern societies operate. This book gives insight into the most influential inventors of computer technology and the ways in which their inventions contributed to advancing humanity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781502606549
Publisher:	Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/30/2015
Series:	Designing Engineering Solutions Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2015
Gr 6–8—Overall, these collective biographies offer satisfyingly detailed pictures of significant and little-known inventors' lives and gadgetry, as well as the widespread effects of said gadgetry. Each volume profiles over a dozen people (including collaborations). Despite opening historical overviews, plus an entry for Archimedes in Industrial Technology, the focus of this set is on figures from the past few centuries: everyone from Johannes Gutenberg to Skype cofounders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström in Communications Technology, for instance, and in Everyday Technology, from Ben Franklin to Earl Tupper (inventor of Tupperware) and Lonnie Johnson (who created the Super Soaker). Women and minority inventors are well represented in Health and Medical Technology but are thin on the ground elsewhere—particularly in Computer Technology, which contains a sidebar survey of "Women and Computers" but provides a full entry for only Grace Hopper. The profiles are arranged in alphabetical order, and each includes one or two small photos and a time line. VERDICT Strong additions to the 600s.

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