Name: The Dream Machine
ISBN: 9780142001356

M. Mitchell Waldrop

J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

The Dream Machine

Bouke van der Bijl

A huge book that spans the history of computers from WW2 up to the nineties, told as interwoven threads that all connect to JCR Licklider. He foresaw interactive computing as we know it today, at a time when computers filled rooms, cost millions and required clerks to attend to them.

What I found great about the book is that names kept coming up that I knew. People that invented the GUI, OOP, Lisp, etc. Amazing.

The Dream Machine J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal