[PDF.34fn] 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

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 | #1260302 in Books |  Viking Adult |  2001-09 |  2001-09-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.10 x1.25 x5.42l, | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful combination of history and modern day triumph!|By Charles Hall|Ahhh, the fascinating story of Charles Babbage. For 100 years he was a footnote to mathematical history, for the next 40 years his story was a required paragraph in the preface of every Computer Science text book. In the last few decades there has finally been serious study of his work. Now with this bo|.com |What a difference a century makes. Doron Swade, technology historian and assistant director of London's Science Museum, investigates the troubles that plagued 19th-century knowledge engineers in The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest t

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 tables upon which finance, trade, science, and navigation relied. The Difference Engine is the fascinating story of his ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer   |  Doron Swade.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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