The computer : an everyday machine
/ Enid Squire
- 2d ed.
- Don Mills, Ontario : Addison-Wesley (Canada) Ltd., c1977.
- vi, 186 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Includes index
Puts the computer in perspective and introduces it as a tool that can be used and understood by the average person. Taking a simple problem and solving it using a hypothetical language and a computer language and a computer consisting of the simplest units possible as an approach, other subsequent questions arise similarly tackled in a logical manner. Items of interest are included and throughout the reader is reminded of the social problems posed by our "computerized" society