Download or read book Pioneers of the Computer Age: from Charles Babbage to Steve Jobs written by Abdul Montaqim and published by Monsoon Media. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to provide an introduction to, and an overview of, the computer industry - or the "Computer Age" - as well as the key people who created the computerised world we live in... without too many technical details. The idea is to offer a snapshot of the industry at this point in time and find out how it got where it is today, highlighting its most notable inventions and innovations and the pioneering people who are responsible for them. It is not really meant to be an exhaustive record of anything, although it does feature some lists.