Prelude: Computing from Ancient Times to the Modern Era - The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering - page 10

Mathematics and Calculating
Table 1.1 shows the approximate evolution of mathematics, calculating devices,
and software from prehistory through the modern era. It is intended to show the
overall sweep of inventions and is not a precise timeline. The table focuses on the
inventions themselves rather than providing the names of the inventors, such as
Newton, Leibnitz, Turing, Mauchly, von Neumann, Hopper, and many others. The
topics in Table 1.1 that eventually had an impact on computers and software are
shown in italic.