A review by lizmart88
The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer by Jane Smiley

2.0

Thus was an interesting biography of a largely unknown man who greatly contributed to the technology that changed the world. I enjoyed the description of his life and understanding what made him tick. Jane smiley does an amazing job of explaining incredibly complex processes in a way that any layman can understand. However, the latter half of the book detailing the legal procedures and patent wars drags on unnecessarily. But, if you want a good description of how early computers worked, overviews of all the major characters (Turing, Von Neumann, Mauchly), and an understanding of how computers started, this is certainly a decent book.