Revolution in Computers.

Jackson, Cari. Revolution in Computers.
Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark 2010 32p 28.50 It Works(MC)
978-0-7614-4375-9 elem E-BN
A history of computers and how they developed into everyday tools for school and home use. This computer book simplifies the history of computers and explains how the computers developed and became a household item as well as a tool used in businesses and in schools. The first modern computer was Harvard Mark I created in 1944. It was 8 feet high and 2 feet deep. It weigh 5 tons. Since then computers have changed and are now as little as a Netbook - 10” inches tall, weighing barely 6 lbs. to 10 lbs. Computers have also revolutionize how we listen to music. Today you can use an Ipod which is a tiny devise that can hold as many as 500 songs or more. This book will tell you who the computer wizards were that began to place the computers at our disposal. It is fully illustrated with funny cartoons even as it gets the message across to students.
Includes special project on how to create a 3-D eyeglasses,Timeline, Glossary, Booklist, Websites and index. Diaz, Magna