Computer : a history of the information machine
Martin Campbell-Kelly (Author), William Aspray (Author), Nathan Ensmenger (Author), Jeffrey R. Yost (Author)
Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. Old-fashioned entrepreneurship combined with scientific know-how inspired now famous computer engineers to create the technology that became IBM.