The story of the computer is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject written from both a technical and a business perspective it sets out to chart the complex evolutionary process that has resulted in the creation of todays computers picking out those innovations and discoveries which contributed most to the pool of knowledge through their influence on later advances and taking into consideration the business drivers as well as the specific technical breakthroughs . Electronic computers are arguably the greatest invention of the 20th century they are the enablers for many of the technologies that the developed world now relies upon and their impact on society cannot be overestimated the story of their creation is a fascinating one which encompasses many of the great advances in engineering mathematics and the physical sciences that. The story of the computer is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject written from both a technical and a business perspective it sets out to chart the complex evolutionary process that has resulted in the creation of todays computers picking out those innovations and discoveries which contributed most to the pool of knowledge through their influence on later advances and taking into consideration the business drivers as well as the specific technical breakthroughs to put . Regarding the technical part of computing the book is going from the earliest ages of computing in the 16th century describing mechanical calculators like pascilne or leibnitzs steeper reckoner and of course babbages differential engine then the first electro mechanical and electrical computers are presented like a conrad zusse engines or vanevar bushs differential analysers description of the true age of electronic computers starts with colusus and eniac then transistorised