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Author: J Clark Scott
ISBN : 0615303765
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J. Clark Scott has had a long and diverse career in the computer industry, starting at large companies such as IBM and Intel, and eventually becoming the author of four successful consumer software packages. Early in his career, he noticed how confused some of his friends were about computers and gave them lectures to teach them how simple the basics really were. It was at that time that the idea for this book was born. This is his first book, but one that has been in the works for decades.
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- Paperback: 221 pages
- Publisher: John C. Scott; First edition (July 4, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0615303765
- ISBN-13: 978-0615303765
- Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.9 x 8.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Free But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone
I have been a software developer and software architect for over 40 years, starting at a time when you worked "so close to the computer" that you naturally knew how they worked. Over the years, I have seen that knowledge more and more absent from each new generation of developers that came along that I have led and mentored. It seems that the fundamentals simply aren't taught any more.
My standard approach has been to give informal seminars to my developers to get them this vital information. But I have been looking far and wide for a book that describes exactly how a computer operates that could be understood by anyone. After all this time, I finally found it. (As Archimedes would have said, "Eureka!")
This book builds up gradually from first principles until without realizing it, the reader suddenly finds he or she knows all about how computers work.
Mr. Scott defines every technical word the first time he uses it so you are never left wondering what it all means. Nothing I have seen even comes close to this book. It must have taken a lot of painstaking effort to work out and refine how to present every detail in a way that would not lose anybody along the way, no matter what their level of knowledge at the beginning.
Once the first copy arrived and I went through it in detail, I realized that this was what I had been looking for to provide the fundamentals that junior developers needed but had never been taught. So I bought 20 more copies and made the book the first step in the required curriculum to train my whole company -- but not just the "computer guys", everyone who uses a computer for any purpose.
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