Computing Atlas

How Computing Was Built
Sources

Computer: A History of the Information Machine

Citation Formats

General Reference

APA Style

BibTeX

Campbell-Kelly and Aspray's academic history of computing, used here for the technical and institutional history of fields, hardware and early systems.

Facts
Author
Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication Year
1996
Source Type
Academic History
Reliability Tier
1
Credibility Notes
A standard academic history of computing by two historians of technology, widely used in university courses on the subject.
Sources
Computer: A History of the Information Machine
Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray, Basic Books, 1996
Claims Backed By This Source (31 claims)

This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 23 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Pioneers, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Languages, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Fields, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Systems, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

View At A Past Year

The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.