Computers increasingly influence and regulate our lives and businesses. And yet most of us feel unable to understand the theory and operation of this powerful and important new tool. STRETCHING MAN'S MIND: A HISTORY OF DATA PROCESSING challenges the readerto penetrate the computer mystique. Margaret Harmon presents this technical achievement as a very human product resulting from man's determination to solve computation problems—after he ran out of fingers and toes. The evolution of calculating devices is traced along with the principles and mechanisms involved and the men who created them. The stories of the painstaking work of the early inventors and mathematicians are often told in their own words to reveal the cultural and historical framework of their contributions.
STRETCHING MAN'S MIND serves the student or the layman, as a general view of the 'field, or a springboard for further study. Some technical information is included for those interested. This book brings the reader up to date on new techniques for computer input and output, including optical character recognition, alphanumeric displays, and computer output microfilming.
STRETCHING MAN'S MIND is designed to develop a humanistic approach to the concept of the computer. It is a basic, highly readable and entertaining account of the history of data processing.
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