The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer
Swade, Doron
ISBN 10: 0670910201 ISBN 13: 9780670910205
Published by Viking Adult, 2001
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Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # Z03B-03175
Synopsis:
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. 22,500 first printing.
About the Author: 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: Viking Adult
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included