もともとインターナショナル・ビジネス・マシーンズ（IBM）社のために企画され、組み立てられた展示会を基にしている。展示会と同様、本書も概念や装置の年表という狭い意味での歴史書ではない。 コンピュータは、またさらに新しい段階に入っている。あらためて歴史の全貌を見るべき時である。 この本の編纂は、建築家、デザイナーで名高いイームス（Charles and Ray Eames）であることも注目したい。
This book is an illustrated essay on the origins and initial development of the computer. The complex network of creative forces and social pressures that gave rise to the computer showcases the achievements of the makers of computing devices and their machines, the inventors of mathematical or logical concepts and their applications, and the makers of practical devices to serve the immediate needs of government, commerce, engineering, and science.
It is based on an exhibition originally planned and assembled for the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. Like the exhibit, this book is not a history book in the narrow sense of a chronology of concepts and devices. Computers have entered yet another phase. It is time to look again at the whole history. It should also be noted that the book was compiled by the renowned architects and designers Charles and Ray Eames.
Charles and Ray Eames Harvard University Press 1990 22.2 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm No pagination
