Computers in Your Future

by Roberta Baber and Marilyn Meyer

For courses in Computer Concepts, Introduction to Computers, this introduction to computers is noted for its lucid explanations of computing concepts, practical applications of technology theory, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580760856
• ISBN13: 9781580760850
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent text for an introduction to computer technology.

I have used the last three editions of this book and been impressed with the author's willingness to revise and upgrade it as the technology evolves and progresses. Despite a wide range of backgrounds and abilities, my students have been almost universally complimentary about it's value. The auxillary material offered online is excellent, aiding the beginners while still providing a challenge or two for the semi-experts bent on validating their knowledge.The illustrations support the text very well, and the material covers a great deal of ground from the history of computing to the propagation of the Internet. This is an excellent introductory book, very well written.

It is comprahesive and humanistic.

Usually a computer manual would bore the reader to death with its technicalities. This book isn't the case. Although it comprehends a great deal of technical aspects it focuses on the humanistic and ethical aspects of the technology as well. It also discusses both the technology past and its future.

Computers In Your Future

This book was the best beginners computer book I have found to date. I teach computers to Senior Citizens and middle aged adults. This book has helped me introduce them to computers with an understanding that is relative to thier way of thinking. It is not too technical so that the average person, someone who is not techie, can understand computers, their relationship to today's world and its future growth. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to get a look at computers from a non-heavy technical aspect.