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    The Invention of the Computer
    The Invention of the Computer
    The Invention of the Computer
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    The Invention of the Computer

    By Lucy Beevor

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    Explore the history and development of the computer and find out how a computer works. Learn about the inventors who helped influence the invention of the computer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMay 1, 2019
    ISBN9781496641380
    The Invention of the Computer
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    Lucy Beevor

    Lucy Beevor is an experienced editor and children's author. She has worked on hundreds of titles during her career – ranging from sharks to superheroes and everything in between! – and is the author of several nonfiction books for leading children's publishers in both the United States and UK. She was longlisted for the UK School Library Association's Information Book Award 2019 and edited the winner of the People’s Book Prize 2012.

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      The Invention of the Computer - Lucy Beevor

      World-Changing Inventions: The Invention of the Computer by Lucy Beevor

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      Chapter 1: Man versus Machine

      Chapter 2: Before Computers

      Chapter 3: Inventors

      Chapter 4: The Computer Changes

      Chapter 5: How Computers Work

      Chapter 6: Computers Today

      Timeline

      Glossary

      Critical Thinking Questions

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      Index

      Copyright

      Back Cover

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      MAN VERSUS MACHINE

      In March 2016 people around the world tuned in to watch as a man played a video game called Go. The man was the world’s top Go player, Lee Sedol from South Korea. He was playing against a computer program called AlphaGo.

      Go is an ancient Chinese board game for two players. The aim is to use your stones to surround more territory than your opponent. Both players and programmers thought it would be years before a computer could win a game of Go against a human.

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      A large crowd gathered to watch the world’s top Go

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