The lives of things also attract good writers. Georgina Ferry鈥檚 A Computer Called Leo (Harper Perennial, 拢7.99) recounts the arrival and demise of the first commercial computer in the world, made for British catering company Lyons. 鈥淎 good story well told鈥� said our reviewer.
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