Rather than launching headlong into the subject of personal computers, laptops, tablet computers, ultra-mobile computers, and palmtop devices, it’s perhaps a good idea to take time to peruse a broad historical overview of the subject of machine-assisted computing. This will help us to remind ourselves how generations of humans with an interest in the machinations of the heavens have benefited from computers of various sorts.
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Grego, P. (2009). From Carefully Tooled Gears to Totally Cool Gear. In: Astronomical Cybersketching. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85351-2_1
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