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Technology Timelines: Digital Technology Tom Jackson

Technology Timelines: Digital Technology By Tom Jackson

Technology Timelines: Digital Technology by Tom Jackson


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Summary

Trace the progress of technology from a machine or vehicle's early foundations to the present day

Technology Timelines: Digital Technology Summary

Technology Timelines: Digital Technology by Tom Jackson

From simple abacuses to today's supercomputers, trace the evolution of technology's developments in all things digital and computer-related. A host of famous (and not so famous) computing machines throughout history, from early steam-powered computing machines and code breaking machines used during World War II to the development of the world wide web, wireless technology, show how inventors and engineers have developed and improved on technology to make computers such an important part of human history. This book also dissects some of the major developments in each era, to give a rounded picture of these amazing machines.

Technology Timelines is a series of six book aimed at upper KS2 and early KS3 readers aged 9+, tracing the development of specific technologies through the ages.

Technology Timelines: Digital Technology Reviews

This book will be a very useful resource for KS3 and older KS2 students * School Librarian *
Colourful layout with easy to follow text-boxes and captions make this book accessible and appealing. It's a fascinating look at computing machines throughout history * Parents In Touch *

About Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson has been a writer for 20 years. He has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. Tom gets to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, his specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating these kinds of facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities.

Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken him to the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon rain forest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Introduction
  • 1: Difference engine
  • 1: Looking at screens
  • 1: Codebreakers
  • 1: Mainframe
  • 1: Office tools
  • 1: Games machines
  • 1: Personal computers
  • 1: A look inside
  • 1: Going wireless
  • 1: In the cloud
  • 1: Super computers
  • 1: Future computers
  • 1: Glossary and index

Additional information

GOR008874888
9781445135724
1445135728
Technology Timelines: Digital Technology by Tom Jackson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
2016-09-22
32
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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