The Computers: The Operation and Applications is a second edition out of eight published in 1956 and produced updated versions until 1961. This book is published by Reinhold Publishing Corp. and was written by Edmund C. Berkeley and Lawrence Wainwright. The Computers book is only one part of a huge series containing subjects from Food Technology to Physics. This helpful handbook is a great guide to understanding the first personal computers and how to adapt to the new technology of the time that was changing every year.