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Customers find the book educating and informative. They say it explains complex topics well, is easy to understand, and reads like an approachable anthology. Readers also describe the book as fun, engaging, and captivating.
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Must Read
Fantastic book. Learned a lot. everything is explained super well!
Must-read if you are a college student!
I am a professor in the Information Systems department at a large state university. I consider this MUST READ for any Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering student. I give this to my friends’ kids when they tell me they are interested in computers. Perfect gift for any high school graduate who is headed to a computer-oriented field. Informative and FUN- this book is extremely well-written.
Best resource microsoft has produced besides disk management.
I have the original that I studied when it was released. Thought reading this edition would be a good refresher to see changes I might not be aware of and was correct, still an excellent and highly recommended book.
Great Explanations
Iâm a student who was struggling with computers and code. This book has allowed me to understand the topics with the authorâs explanations.
Great Book For All Skill Levels
This is a book that is invaluable for people to bring together skills they may already have or to understand how to build their skills
If you only buy one technical computer book, this is it
Disclaimer: I owned the first edition for years and read it a dozen times, mainly for pleasure since itâs not only informative but also just enjoyable to read. Iâm a professional software architect and have dozens of textbooks on computer science and engineering so Iâve been around the block.This is the kind of book I would buy all for all my friends (if I had more than a couple) and family members (if they were even slightly into computers, which they arenât sadly). Petzold does an exceptional job at describing digital logic and guides you through building a conceptual CPU from very first principles.I think his bottom up approach is the way to go and has helped me understand complex topics in an extremely simple way. When Iâm not reading fiction, this is my go to bedtime reading.The second edition has about 100 more pages than the first and some content has been completely reworked and itâs great.If you ever had even a passing interest in knowing how computers work at a very fundamental level, get this book!
First programmer?
As an ardent reader of the past 1st edition, I was fairly excited to get the latest version. That is, until I encountered the history chapter of the new edition.For one thing, what I do NOT understand in this second edition is the newly added description of August Ada Byron (countless of Lovelace). The author claims it was Babbage who was the first programmer to design the engines, not Ada. I am not trying to start a futile argument here about who has more or fewer contributions, etc.What I am trying to assert here is that it is undisputed that Ada (unless the new evidence arises) left *the very first demonstration* of what this seemingly imaginary machine, which didn’t even physically exist, was capable of through her program. Because Babbage designed the engine itself, that doesn’t automatically put him in the position of a programmer (despite Babbage being a brilliant engineer/scientist and may have had a simple or detailed program in his mind). However, it was Ada who gave a definite touch to programming concepts that ultimately led to modern-day programming. Ada deserves more recognition than a mere “tutorial writer,” and she is certainly entitled to the title she deserves.Other than that, like the previous edition, this book is a must-read for people who are from related/unrelated fields. I always loved the 1st edition, and I would do too with the 2nd. Still, I think history should always be approached with more care, particularly if matters have potential controversies.
Where was this in 1978?
I really wish this book had existed in 1978. I was in the second graduating class in EECS, a hybrid of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Berkeley. We had to learn digital design AND all the programming requirements. Basically, this book covers about 75% of the curriculum we covered over 2.5 years. This book could have been the textbook for a few classes, saving me untold time and agony.Amazing book, makes a very complex subject clear and understandable. However, it’s not for the faint of heart. If you don’t have a deep desire to know how computers work at the most basic level, this probably isn’t for you.
Excelente
This book is one of the best, there is so much knowledge and yet it has one of the best explanation about computer science, I’m a student so this is my start
Excellent information. Towards the end, does get difficult.
Which is just shy of half way through. Phenomenal, incredible book. Petzold, what a guy. What a service to self taught devs like me. I think an early foundational book in any self taught devs library – one that’s looking to give themselves a computer science education, anyway.
This is a great book very well explained from basic concepts to a more advanced level.