Babbage, technological genius, laid the way for the Computer Revolution. 383 pages. Text block Near Fine, the usual library markings: stamps, stickers, pocket at rear.; Ex Library; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ''.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Publisher

Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

0813520665

ISBN 13

9780813520667

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Very Good

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Science, Physical Sciences, & Math

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Available in paperback at last: the complete autobiography of Charles Babbage (1791-1871), the technological genius who invented the first computer a hundred and fifty years ago! Even though Babbage never got his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine to work, his brilliant insights laid the way for the Computer Revolution. Babbage's scientific curiosity, energy and creativity led him into many areas of human endeavor, and he delights in sharing his discoveries in this wittiest of memoirs.

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The mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage (1791-1871) is best remembered for his automatic 'calculating machines', the forerunner of modern computers. Babbage looks back on his life and distinguished career in this book, published in 1864, using many colourful anecdotes to recall his childhood, education and scientific work.

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