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From the abacus to the iPhone The 50 breakthroughs that sparked the digital revolution [Kindle Edition]

Nick Heath (Author), Jo Best (Author)

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From our mobile phones to our laptops, we take for granted that technology is powerful, versatile and reliable. 'From the abacus to the iPhone' explores how we managed to reach the modern information age, charting the history of computing through the 50 breakthroughs that laid the foundations of today's digital world. The story it tells starts back in 150BC, and continues – via the electric telegraph and the mighty Colossus computer - right through to the 21st century's very latest gadgets.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 479 KB
Print Length: 55 pages
Publisher: CBS Interactive UK (20 Dec 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B006OL6KRQ
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #118,002 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #24 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Technology & Engineering > History

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Concise and interesting 21 Mar 2012

By shell_8

Format:Kindle Edition

A short and concise book about the kinds of technology which have marked turning points in our history. I devoured it in one sitting and came away feeling like i'd learned enough to ace the technology round in our local pub quiz!

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Apple haggiography 27 Jan 2012

By StephenMilton

Format:Kindle Edition

Just looked through the index...
There are 6 'breakthrough' inventions attributed to Apple, but the Internet and the data cabling that enables it are not even mentioned. The vast strides in the storage of information since the first hard drive also are not considered worthy of comment.
This does not look like an objective technical review!

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basic facts, not very interesting 5 April 2012

By S. Neff - Published on Amazon.com

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Most of the early inventions are covered in a paragraph or two with very little detail. Most of the detail is provided for inventions of the past ten years which is all common knowledge. The author's choice of which devices to include and which to leave out are sometimes surprising.

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