Computer

DK Eyewitness Books

by D.K. Publishing, Tom Jackson

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. *Now reissued with a CD and wall chart! Eyewitness Computer gives readers an up close look at the machines that have come to define the modern world. From laptops to supercomputers, this book uses clear, crisp photography and engaging text to explain how computers work, the functions they serve, and what they might do in the future.

Genres: Science

72 pages, Library Binding

First published June 20, 2011

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

The pictures are great and the book is well presented.

[Toby · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book worth the cost for children (I would estimate 10+), but now out of date (published 2010) and sorely lacking in some areas.

Areas that have not been covered include:
-Solid State Drives
-RAID arrangement of hard drives
-The evolution of hardware connections such as IDE / E-IDE and SATA connections
-Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
-MIDI and other alternative inputs
-Near Field Communication (NFC)
-Arduino / Raspberry Pi etc.

Also the coverage of Augmented Reality is out of date. Finally I was disappointed to see the coverage of operating systems only given a paragraph with no mention of non-windows systems or real explanation of what an operating system actually does and why it is important.

[Susie Shircliff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Def needs an update.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cloaking devices, transcontinental surgery, and bionic parts, what’s not to like?