The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage : with interesting & curious anecdotes of celebrated and distinguished characters fully illustrating a variety of instructive and amusing scenes ; as performed within and without the remarkable difference engine
Item details
- ISBN: 9780307908278
- ISBN: 0307908275
- ISBN: 9780307908285
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Physical Description:
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315 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm - Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "The (mostly) true story of the first computer"--Jacket. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ada Lovelace: The secret origin! -- The pocket universe -- The person from Porlock -- Lovelace & Babbage vs. the client! -- Primary sources -- Lovelace and Babbage vs. the economic model! -- Luddites! -- User experience! -- Mr. Boole comes to tea -- Imaginary quantities -- Appendix I: Some amusing primary documents -- Appendix II: The analytical engine. |
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Genre: | Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. History. Graphic novels. |
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