| 1. | Computers—The Machines We Think With | 1 |
| 2. | The Computer’s Past | 18 |
| 3. | How Computers Work | 48 |
| 4. | Computer Cousins—Analog and Digital | 72 |
| 5. | The Binary Boolean Bit | 96 |
| 6. | The Electronic Brain | 121 |
| 7. | Uncle Sam’s Computers | 147 |
| 8. | The Computer in Business and Industry | 171 |
| 9. | The Computer and Automation | 201 |
| 10. | The Academic Computer | 219 |
| 11. | The Road Ahead | 251 |