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Computing: A Concise History by Paul E. Ceruzzi
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the Internet, or the story of "smart" hand-held devices, with subplots involving IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter. In this concise and accessible account of the invention and development of digital ...Show more
Gps by Paul E. Ceruzzi
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: The\MIT Press Essential Knowledge Ser.
A concise history of GPS, from its military origins to its commercial applications and ubiquity in everyday life. GPS is ubiquitous in everyday life. GPS mapping is standard equipment in many new cars and geolocation services are embedded in smart phones. GPS makes Uber and Lyft possible; driverless ca ...Show more
Time and Navigation - The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There by Andrew K. Johnston; Roger D. Connor; Carlene E. Stephens; Paul E. Ceruzzi
Category: Science
If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time and placeais explored inaTime and Navigation- The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There, the companion book to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same name. Today we use smartphones an ...Show more
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