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The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer
The Difference Engine Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer
Author: Doron Swade
In 1821, Charles Babbage was reviewing a set of mathematical tables with a colleague in preparation for a scientific presentation when, after finding a wealth of errors, he exclaimed in frustration, "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!" With this outburst, Babbage began to envision an end to human errors in the numerical...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670910205
ISBN-10: 0670910201
Publication Date: 9/2001
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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