Paperback Edition What do flashlights the British invasion black cats & seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language & invent new means of communicating with each other. & through CODE we see how this ingenuity & our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. Using everyday objects & familiar language systems such as Braille & Morse code author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers & other smart machines. It s a cleverly illustrated & eminently comprehensible story & along the way you ll discover you ve gained a real context for understanding today s world of PCs digital media & the Internet. No matter what your level of technical savvy CODE will charm you & perhaps even awaken the technophile within.