Martin Campbell-Kelly;, William Aspray;, Nathan Ensmenger;, Jeffery R. Yost. Computer: A History of the Information Machine. Third edition. xv + 360 pp., illus., bibl., index. Philadelphia: Westview Press, 2014 [Book Review]

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"Martin Campbell-Kelly; William Aspray; Nathan Ensmenger; Jeffery R. Yost. Computer: A History of the Information Machine." Isis, 105 (3), September 2014, pp. 622-623.

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