The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer
Swade, Doron
ISBN 10: 0142001449 ISBN 13: 9780142001448
Published by Penguin Group USA, 2002
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A portrait of early nineteenth-century mathematician Charles Babbage describes his efforts to construct the first computing machine more than one century before the invention of the modern computer. Reprint.
About the Authors:
Doron Swade, assistant director and head of collections at the Science Museum in London, is an engineer, historian of technology, and a leading authority on the life and work of Charles Babbage.
Doron Swade is Assistant Director and Head of Collections at the Science Museum in London.
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Title: The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and ...
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: paperback
Condition: As New