Given the proliferation of computers and computer-related products, it is difficult to realize that the computer's history is, in fact, a very short one. RenA Moreau, Director of Scientific Development, IBM France, traces the evolution of the computer from its earliest stored-program stages in the 1940s to the introduction of the IBM 360 Series in 1963. Written for the nonspecialist, his book defines, explains, and dates those first formulations in...