This “sobering tale of the real consequences of gender bias” explores how Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating aga

This history of computing focuses not on chronology (what came first and who deserves credit for it) but on the actual architectures of the first machines that

This unique book presents the story of the pioneering manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. – producer of the first commercially-available computers – and of

Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage