Computers pgs 1-83

Here I am back once again for my second blog post ever. Though I am quite excited to get back to the blogging world, I wish I had something a bit more exciting to write about. As an assignment, we were asked to read the first half ( pages 1-83) of the book Computers. I came to find that, like myself, most of the class had not yet received the book. I finally got it in the mail on Friday and had to cram to do this blog on Sunday. Needless to say I had quite the party filled weekend....NOT. The first five chapters of this book felt like I was reading the index of a history textbook. Though there were many extraordinary and interesting inventions and concepts discussed, I felt the book did not give the reader the feel and excitement that these inventions and concepts brought to society and culture during the time in which they were conceived. The author basically created a timeline that portrayed the rise mathematics and mechanics. I felt as if just when you were starting to understand and really feel the item they were talking about, the author quickly curtailed the subject of the text to the next historical subject. I did find some of the information and various random facts throughout the first five chapters to be fairly interesting though, for example, the invention of mechanical devices to the invention of electronic devices truly revolutionized the world market for the globalization of computers. I think the main thing overall the first half of this book made me realize is how far humans, as a species, have come in terms of technological advances and how we can take most technological comforts we have today for granted.