Credits
Writer(s):
Larry Gonick
Penciller(s):
Larry Gonick
Inker(s):
Larry Gonick
Letterer(s):
Larry Gonick
Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous, informational
Feature(s):
The Cartoon Guide to the Computer
Character(s):
Claude Shannon (Bell Labs Engineer, 1916-2001); Al-Khwarismi (circa 780 AD - circa 850 AD); Niccolo Tartaglia (1499-1559); Isaac Newton (1643-1727); John Napier (1550-1617); Wilhelm Schickard (1592-1635); Blaise Pascal (1623-1662); Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716); Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834); Charles Babbage (1792-1871); Ada Lovelace (1815-1852); Herman Hollerith (1860-1929); Konrad Zuse (1910-1995); Howard Aiken (1900-1973); J. Presper Eckert (1919-1995); John Mauchly (1907-1980); John Von Neumann (1903-1957)
Synopsis:
The history of mathematics and calculating machines from the beginning of mankind through the present, including several basic computer programming concepts.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
86