Not really a book, but check out James Burkes Connections series. Other shows he's worked on have to do with the history of science/technology as well.<p>The episode pertaining to the birth of the computer is here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORY-mXXgJg4&#38;feature=PlayList&#38;p=0C43386079D8B683&#38;index=0&#38;playnext=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORY-mXXgJg4&#38;feature=PlayL...</a><p>That's worth checking out first, to give you an idea of what it's like. The rest of his stuff is here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=JamesBurkeWeb#g/p" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=JamesBurkeWeb#g/p</a>