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README: A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines
by W. Patrick Mccray
Description: README: A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines examines how books contributed to the popularization and understanding of computers, tracing their role in shaping public engagement from early electronic brains to modern machines
ISBN: 0262553481
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alhazrod · 2025-12-23 · Original thread
This is an excerpt from the book “README A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines” by W. Patrick McCray.

MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553483/readme/

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