A Computer perspective / by the office of Charles & Ray Eames. Edited by Glen Fleck. Produced by Robert Staples. Introduction by I. Bernard Cohen.

Title & Author:

A Computer perspective / by the office of Charles & Ray Eames. Edited by Glen Fleck. Produced by Robert Staples. Introduction by I. Bernard Cohen.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1973.

Description:

174 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 23 cm.

Notes:
"Based on an exhibition conceived and assembled for International Business Machines Corporation."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171).
A record of the pictures in the exhibition.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Pictorial account of the evolution of the computer in the USA, from the historical innovations used in the 1890 census to the appearance of the first modern computers in 1950 - comprises material based on an exhibition conceived and assembled for international business machines corporation. Illustrations.

Resources:
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0674156250
9780674156258
0196272580
9780196272580

Subject:

Computers Exhibitions.
Ordinateurs Expositions.
Computers
computer.
history.
innovation.
Computers History
ordinateur.
histoire.
computadora.
historia.
innovación.
USA.
Etats-Unis.
Estados Unidos.

Form/genre:

Catalog
catalogs (documents)
Festschriften
Catalogs
Exhibition catalogs
illustration.
Catalogues.
ilustración.

Added entries:

Fleck, Glen, editor.
Staples, Robert.
Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003, writer of introduction.
Office of Charles and Ray Eames.
International Business Machines Corporation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 89869
Call No.: ID QA76.E23; ID:95-B4721
Status: Available

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