Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/List of books on the history of computing

Omitted from this list are:
 * Books for younger readers
 * Books about end-user computer applications

Bibliographies and dictionaries

 * . Contains over 280 book notations and over 250 periodical notations.
 * Compiled at the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory (there is also a 1956 edition)
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Chronologies, surveys

 * (British survey of DP managers)
 * (multiple editions, 6th edition - 1969/70}
 * (lists manufacturers, installations. multiple editions, 6th edition - 1968/69)
 * (republished 1950)
 * the online file does not include the Glossary, pages 247-272
 * Another online copy is available here.
 * online document includes pages 1–327, 375-378
 * (multiple editions, 6th edition - 1969/70}
 * (lists manufacturers, installations. multiple editions, 6th edition - 1968/69)
 * (republished 1950)
 * the online file does not include the Glossary, pages 247-272
 * Another online copy is available here.
 * online document includes pages 1–327, 375-378
 * (republished 1950)
 * the online file does not include the Glossary, pages 247-272
 * Another online copy is available here.
 * online document includes pages 1–327, 375-378
 * online document includes pages 1–327, 375-378

Biographies

 * Biographies appropriate to specific sections are generally placed in those sections. Those here are collections or for individuals whose activities span multiple sections.


 * (1992 edition, Underwood Books, ISBN 0-88733-084-3)
 * (the two Lee books are likely the same book, one printed in the U.S, the other in England)
 * (1992 edition, Underwood Books, ISBN 0-88733-084-3)
 * (the two Lee books are likely the same book, one printed in the U.S, the other in England)
 * (the two Lee books are likely the same book, one printed in the U.S, the other in England)
 * (the two Lee books are likely the same book, one printed in the U.S, the other in England)

General history (from earliest times to the present)

 * Fagen, M. D. (editor), National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975), Volume II of A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * Fagen, M. D. (editor), National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975), Volume II of A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * Fagen, M. D. (editor), National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975), Volume II of A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * Fagen, M. D. (editor), National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975), Volume II of A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * Fagen, M. D. (editor), National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975), Volume II of A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * (trans. of 1994 French ed.)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)
 * (see also Herb Grosch's review inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol.15.1 1993)

Before digital computers (to about the 1940s)

 * . Extensive coverage of digital and analog computational devices, including a brief entry for the Zuse computer - a small digital computer constructed in Germany. Bibliography, pages 229-255
 * (Part 1 "Desk Calculators and Punched Card machines")
 * (Part 1 "Desk Calculators and Punched Card machines")
 * (Part 1 "Desk Calculators and Punched Card machines")
 * (Part 1 "Desk Calculators and Punched Card machines")
 * (Part 1 "Desk Calculators and Punched Card machines")

Digital calculators

 * Abacus




 * Mechanical Calculators


 * Translation 1992
 * Reprinted: Arno, 1972.
 * Reprinted: Arno, 1972.
 * Reprinted: Arno, 1972.

Analog computation

 * Analog computers


 * (Radiation Laboratory Series vol.27)
 * (Radiation Laboratory Series vol.27)
 * (Radiation Laboratory Series vol.27)
 * (Radiation Laboratory Series vol.27)
 * (Radiation Laboratory Series vol.27)


 * Slide Rules


 * (reprint of 1910 edition, with a 1920 paper added)


 * Graphical computation, Nomograms, Planimeter, Integrometer, Integraph, ...



Punched cards, unit record equipment

 * Compiled at the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory (there is also a 1956 edition)



Early giants, mechanical and vacuum tube calculators/computers (1940s, early 50s)

 * A contemporary book about computers.
 * (A contemporaneously-written book about the NORC.)
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0
 * (A contemporaneously-written book about the NORC.)
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0
 * (A contemporaneously-written book about the NORC.)
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0
 * (A contemporaneously-written book about the NORC.)
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.8, 0-262-01084-4
 * Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing vol.7, 0-262-08152-0

Early ... Alan Turing

 * (Paperback: ISBN 978-0198747833.)
 * (Paperback: ISBN 978-0198747833.)
 * (Paperback: ISBN 978-0198747833.)

Early ... John von Neumann

 * reprinted in Stern, 1981
 * reprinted in Stern, 1981
 * reprinted in Stern, 1981

Modern history (from the 1950s to the present)

 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks - September 1991 single issue devoted entirely to the three subjects listed in the title.
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)
 * (General Electric)

Military and government

 * See the Early Giants, above for those early machines developed for military or government applications



Personal computers

 * . Contains over 280 book notations and over 250 periodical notations.


 * The docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley is based on this book.
 * (revised ed. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 0-914845-49-7)
 * The docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley is based on this book.
 * (revised ed. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 0-914845-49-7)
 * (revised ed. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 0-914845-49-7)
 * (revised ed. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 0-914845-49-7)
 * (revised ed. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 0-914845-49-7)

Social history



 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * (from the 1st ed. cover ... the relationship between law, cyberspace and social organization.)
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )
 * ( ...considered the definitive study of information technology in the workplace )


 * Conference Proceedings


 * International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 9 (TC 9): Relationship between Computers and Society, publications 1974-present (some proceedings are available online, see here).