The difference engine; Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer.

Language: English

Published by Viking, (2000)., (New York, etc.):, 2000

0670910201 / 9780670910205

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8vo. x, 342 pp. 42 figs. on plates, bibliog., index. Quarter cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0670910201 The remarkable story of how Babbage tried to build a calculating engine, the precursor to the modern-day computer, which was (in fact) finally built to his designs in 1991. Doron Swade MBE, is a museum curator and author, specialising in the history of computing. He is especially known for his work on the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine.

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Title
The difference engine; Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer.
Author
[BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871)] SWADE, Doron (1944-).
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Viking, (2000)., (New York, etc.):
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2000
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Hardcover
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English
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Jeff Weber Rare Books, established in 1986, relocated from California to Montreux, Switzerland in 2020. I specialize in the history of science, history of medicine, early printed books, fine printing, bibliography, Persia, fore-edge painting, scholarly books. I buy collections and do regular appraisal work.

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