Once upon a time, two rival tech companies were engaged in a fierce competition to develop the next big computer breakthrough. Their rivalry was legendary in the tech world, with both companies constantly trying to one-up each other and gain the upper hand in the market. But little did they know, their story was about to take a romantic turn.

At the heart of this rivalry were two brilliant and ambitious individuals, Alex and Rachel. Alex was the CEO of a software giant, while Rachel was the lead engineer of a hardware company. They had been butting heads in the industry for years, each determined to be the best in their field.

Computer history is peppered with the disruptive innovations that caused the evolution of machines in the story of computer history. Since the early days of computing, through the mainframe era, the personal computer age, and into the glut of wearables and LiKs today, we inhabit an almost completely digital world. The Computer covers the milestones starting with the earliest concept of a calculating machine in the 19th century and the early experiments with autonomous cars in the 1920s, to the large desktop computers of the 1950s, through to the laptops and wearables of the present day. Jens Mller provides us with the visual impression of how the Information Age came about, which has not been depicted so far. Following the history of tech visionaries, pioneers, and entrepreneurs, the book blends powerful images, historical reports, and rich descriptions to show milestones in the history of computers. This survey includes the invention of machines, coding, and the development of software, and the effect that technology has on the political world today. The presentation of misplaced devices and prototypes linking legendary items, the Apple Macintosh, and the Sony PlayStation. Not only to remember the milestones made in software development, videogaming, and web development. Infographics elaborate on wireless communication and some other basic technical terms, whereas the history of companies like IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Atari, Amazon, and Google is traceable with the help of rare photos and advertisement campaigns. An engaging one to read, the book recognises the power and social influence that the computer holds. To techies and all those interested in culture, economics, politics, and science, it shows how we now arrived here and it makes us ask better questions on how we shall be a day later.

At the Start, the computer was

Computer history has borne the tale of how machines evolved due to the disruptive innovations that ushered in the world today. Computer history from the first days of computing, to the clunky mainframe, to the personal computer, to a world almost completely digital, is the tale of the disruptive innovations changing the world in the process. The history of computing starts at the earliest of times, to the hulking mainframe, to the dawn of the PC, and we find ourselves in the almost digitalized age.

A history of earlier calculating machines to the present

The Computer takes the reader through the developments since the early conceptions of a calculating machine in the 19th century and early self-driving experiments in the 1920s, to oversized room computers of the 1950s, to today in the form of laptops and wearable computers.

Lynne Warren provides a visual interpretation of the dawn of the Information Age that was not previously present.

This is a great book to read, which does not fail to recognise the stupendous power of computers along with their social impact. It narrates how we arrived at this point today, as well as gives us the means to ask more useful questions about where we will end up tomorrow, to the techies and all those interested in culture, economics, politics, and science.