Second Review: Information Technology, by Paul A. Davies

    This book is a documentary attempt at sumarizing and retelling some of the more significant events which became great breakthroughs in the development of Information Technologies. The building of the first mainframe and the creation of the first microchip were, among others, succesful milestones that ended in the current age dominated by smart phones, digital tablets and all shorts of high-tech wonders.

    The text also makes special mention of people whose ingenuity, enterprising spirit and/or visionary instincts had gotten them to worldwide fame, recognition and (of course) envy: Bill Gates, Sergey Brinn and Alex Tew to name a few.

    In my opinion, the text is a readable one, even if it lacks an original plot and the cast of characters is rather erratic. That said, I must grant the prize for "favorite character" to Miss Rong Cheng, a female robot (dubbed fembot by its fans) who (which?) can speak and understand Mandarín (!!??). She also hapens to be working as a receptionist at a Science Museum in China, a veritable feat by itself.