Thread: book on computers

I'm looking for a good book that explains how computers work to beginners/laymen. all the books i find are either technical textbooks or "how to use windows for dummies". I'm looking for something that's enjoyable to read but will satisfy my curiosity, like what a brief history of time does for physics/cosmology. If there are any suggestions, this seems like the crowd that might be able to help me out.

Hi there, there seems many books out there that provide what you are looking for, my suggestion is you go for something very popular like this one:

How Computers Work, by Ron White, Timothy Edward Downs - Que Pub. (2008)

I have Ron White's book and I will say that it is a good book depending on how deep you want to go. If only want to get a very general overview of what different parts of a computer do then that book will suffice.