Without a doubt one of the best books on the history of computers that I've ever read. The author tells not only the story of the machines themselves, but also of the people who built them and why they followed the paths they did.

The photos and illustrations really bring the story to life; now you can actually see what these machines and people looked like!

A good source of data for those who want to know how the Industry of Computers began. If you want to understand why the Computer Science changed the world, and if you'd like to speak as an expert in all those fantastic words of the luckiest people on the 50's, 60's, 70's and even the 80's who had the opportunity to grow and deal with this technology, and feel how these people had to accept new windows-know-it-all-users with little or none at all knowledge about programming and other related training and long-time-consuming-hard-to-learn skills, you must read this book. Then, I'm sure, you'll know what I mean.