The Wave of the Century Sweeping the World: the Story of the Development of Computer Research

The electronic computer is the crystallization of human wisdom. It is like a strong nuclear shock wave that shocked the second half of the 20th century. It is like a dazzling halo that will surely illuminate the 21st century and the direction of human technological civilization. In the course of 50 years of development, those well-known and unknown scientists and technical experts have shed much bitter and sweet sweat. They used their wise hands to create machines that have similar functions to the human brain, can help people think, and process "information". This series of books, co-written by comrades from the Institute of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of History of Science and Technology and Ancient Documents of Tsinghua University, the Institute of Medical History and Documents of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wenzhou Normal University, and the Jilin Provincial Science Writers Association, draws a vivid picture of the development of science and technology in the world based on the five thousand years of world science and technology history and the scientific and technological innovation activities of outstanding scientific and technological elites of each era. The author focuses on combining scientificity with readability, ideologicality with interest, history with contemporary nature, and tells the true historical conditions of scientific discovery and the arduousness of scientific work through stories. This book introduces the scientists' scientific spirit of independent thinking, daring to doubt, courage to innovate, perseverance, truth-seeking and pragmatism, as well as their precious humanistic spirit of collaboration, friendship and tolerance in their work and life. Young readers can feel the wisdom, scientific thinking and experimental methods of scientific masters from the stories of scientists, and be inspired by useful thoughts. From the stories about major human scientific and technological activities, we can draw close attention to major issues in the development of human society, comprehensively understand science, establish a correct scientific outlook, and treat science, society, and life rationally in the era of knowledge economy. Reading this series of books is a good supplement to textbooks and an ideal reading material for quality education.