<p>"This book takes you behind the scenes at the creation of the world's first business computer - the precursor to every computer in every office around the world." "It places you in the midst of a dynamic group of creative people - visionaries who were the first to recognize the potential and harness the power of computing for business purposes. Written by the real-life participants in these exciting events, it "depicts the scene frankly, warts and all," as David Caminer, the pioneering team leader, writes in his preface." "LEO reveals the strange and remarkable tale of how Lyons - a venerable tea-and-cake company - bred, incubated, and hatched that history-making business computer." "In 1951, less than 2 years after the project was initiated, LEO went on-line as the world's first business computer. A forerunner to the IBM mainframes, LEO was the first computer to run a payroll, the first to perform inventories, and the first to track product distribution - as well as the first to calculate the blending of fine, flavorful, and cost-effective cups of tea."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved</p>

L.E.O.: The Incredible Story of the World's First Business Computer

Business & Money

Hermon, Peter

Aris, John

Land, Frank

Biography & History

McGraw=Hill

Lifting the Veil is a plain language non-denominational guide for people who want to know their Bible better. It focuses squarely on the Bible as it is, accepting what it says without critical reconstruction, and shows how,when read straightforwardly like that, it clearly and consistently reveals God's activity in the world: why He created it, what has gone wrong, and what He is doing to put things right. Peter Hermon shows in this book how the Old Testament insistently points to the New, while the New fulfils the Old, either already in Christ or in the consummation yet to come. Within this overall perspective the books of the Bible are treated at a level that enables the reader to find quickly his bearings and, wherever he delves, not to lose sight of the wood for the trees. Although the Bible is rich in history and biography, its aim is the dissemination of religious truth and the promotion of God. In an increasingly secular world, Lifting the Veil is intended to encourage people to read the Bible for themselves and to see that history is not the chance collision of blind forces without meaning or purpose, but the execution of an intelligent design.  Aimed at non-specialist readers who would like to become more familiar with the Bible  Reveals the unity and consistency of the Bible, showing how it is not simply a disparate anthology  Covers all sixty-six books and the Apocrypha The book begins with an extended survey of the whole Bible, setting it against the backcloth of secular history,drawing out its main characters and demonstrating its unity in the golden thread of Promise that links Genesis to Revelation. Then each book of the Bible is taken in turn. Starting with a brief overview which enables the reader to grasp its milieu and see how it relates to the rest, it moves on to a more detailed synopsis which parallels the Bible, and steers a middle course between the morass of detail found in commentaries and insipid generalities that rob the text of zest and cutting edge.

Lifting the Veil: A Plain Language Guide to the Bible

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Lutterworth Press

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Politics & Social Sciences

Altman, Ellen

Social Sciences

Praeger

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