TheInnovators

HOW A GROUP OF HACKERS, GENIUSES, AND GEEKS CREATED THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster eBook. Join our mailing list and get updates on new releases, deals, bonus content and other great books from Simon & Schuster. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP or visit us online to sign up at eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com CONTENTS Illustrated Timeline Introduction CHAPTER 1 Ada, Countess of Lovelace CHAPTER 2 The Computer CHAPTER 3 Programming CHAPTER 4 The Transistor CHAPTER 5 The Microchip CHAPTER 6 Video Games CHAPTER 7 The Internet CHAPTER 8 The Personal Computer CHAPTER 9 Software CHAPTER 10 Online CHAPTER 11 The Web CHAPTER 12 Ada Forever Acknowledgments About the Author Notes Photo Credits Index 1843 Ada, Countess of Lovelace, publishes “Notes” on Babbage’s Analytical Engine. 1847 George Boole creates a system using algebra for logical reasoning. 1890 The census is tabulated with Herman Hollerith’s punch-card machines. 1931 Vannevar Bush devises the Differential Analyzer, an analog electromechanical computer. 1935 Tommy Flowers pioneers use of vacuum tubes as on-o......