ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s First Computer Audiobook

Quotes

• “[ENIAC] tells an absorbing story and sheds light on a moment when our world was transformed.”

  — New York Times

• “This lively account of the computer pioneers of another era not only fills a black hole in the history of technology, but demonstrates that the same chaotic and unpredictable creative processes that gave birth to the PC led, decades earlier, to the creation of the first mainframes. Without ENIAC, there could have been no Apple II, no IBMPC, no Macintosh.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “McCartney has performed an important service by rescuing this tale from obscurity.”

  — Philadelphia Inquirer

• “Engagingly written…this book an absorbing read for anyone who savors the human stories that always underlie great events.”

  — Wired

• “[A] great story…McCartney offers excellent documentation, interesting asides, and real drama.” 

  — Publishers Weekly

• “A lively account…focuses on the human interest. Adams Morgan gives a crisp, brisk, documentary-style reading that keeps us involved throughout.”

  — AudioFile

• “McCartney writes in a clean, smooth, journalistic style, as free as possible of jargon, which makes the story of ENIAC’s development a fascinating, yet easy read.”

  — School Library Journal