Books like Encyclopedia of computers and computer history by Raúl Rojas

An exhaustive account of the discovery, design, and deployment of the atomic bomb, tracing its rapid development from early nuclear science to the Manhattan Project and the first bombings of Japan.

Dealers of Lightning traces the story of Xerox PARC, the research center that birthed groundbreaking technologies such as the first graphical user interface, laser printer, and personal computer, and examines why Xerox failed to commercialize them.

In this book the author tells the story of computer science, explaining how and why computers were invented, how they work, looking at real-world examples of computers in use, and considering what will happen in the future. There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call, access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in any modern car. The discipline is so new that some prefer to call it a branch of engineering or mathematics. But it is so powerful and world-changing that you would be hard-pressed to find a single human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. The science of computers enables the supply and creation of power, food, water, medicine, transport, money, communication, entertainment, and most goods in shops. It has transformed societies with the Internet, the digitization of information, mobile phone networks and GPS (Global Positioning System) technologies. Here, the author explores how this young discipline grew from its theoretical conception by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of Artificial Intelligence (AI) were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current stage as a (semi)mature field, now capable of remarkable achievements. Charting the successes and failures of computer science through the years, he discusses what innovations may change our world in the future.

A comprehensive guide to herbs, packed with illustrations and information on medicinal, culinary, and gardening uses, along with background on history, culture, and cultivation methods.