Pioneering American Computer Geniuses (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781464402739)

It is hard to imagine a world without computers. The people found in this book are largely responsible for creating the high-tech world in which we live today. These computer geniuses include early programmers like Grace Hopper and Herman Hollerith, computer chip inventors like Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, and business people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Readers take a look at thirteen individuals whose work has helped bring modern computers to their current level. Other people profiled in this volume are John von Neumann, John W. Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert, Jr., An Wang, Stephen Wozniak, Marc Hannah and Marc Andreessen.

Author: Mary Northrup
ISBN-10: 1464402736
ISBN-13: 9781464402739
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2013
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.30d