The Tablet Computer
The Idea of a Machine
$119.85
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
A history of the ideas behind a device we thought would change everything.
Tablet computers appear commonplace today, yet for decades they represented an ambitious—and often unrealized—vision of personal computing. The Tablet Computer traces the long history of this idea, from early conceptual designs in the 1970s to the consumer devices of the twenty-first century. Elizabeth R. Petrick examines the tablet as a shifting concept shaped by expectations about le…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421455303 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421455307 |
| Author: | Elizabeth R. Petrick |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology |
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Elizabeth R. Petrick
Elizabeth R. Petrick is an associate professor of history at Rice University. She is the author of Making Computers Accessible: Disability Rights and Digital Technology.
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