As an It executive I was ashamed to realize that I did not now the names of the inventors of the first electronic computer. Nor did I know that they actuall held the patent to the computer. I loved every minute of this salute to these pioneers.

This was an excellent audiobook. As other reviewers have stated, it starts off slow, but really picks up after an hour or two. It gets so interesting once you get past the beginning that it's hard to stop listening. I really enjoyed learning about others opinions of John Von Neumann, I had no idea he was suck a controversial figure among the early computer scientists.

This story is about the men who made what we know about the modern computer a reality and the story is worth knowing. It also explains to some extent the technical specs of their creation. Plus the narrator is quite good. I recommend it for history buffs, nerds, or anyone who enjoys a little nostalgia.

i love Computer History Field, and audiobook version help me to analyze history, i enjoy this quality audible

I was deeply disappointed. I expected to know about the ups and downs of the technological experience of building this landmark machine. Instead, I mostly heard of lawsuits, greed, libel and vexation. I should have known better.

The combination of the reader's limited expressive range and the focus of the book on personalities instead of technologies, plus the glaring technical errors of the author made this a bore. My favorite: right after a section where the author goes on at length about Eniac being the first programmable computer, he then notes how remarkable it was that the team didn't hire any experienced programmers to work on the project but trained people from scratch. Where, exactly, did the author think the builders of the FIRST programmable computer would find experienced programmers? The Future? Sheesh...