The cogwheel brain : Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer
Swade, Doron2000
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In 1821, Charles Babbage set upon building a machine that would carry out mathematical calculations without intervention. The only technology he had access to was the cogwheel escapement. This is the story of his lifelong bid to construct his machine.
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London : Little, Brown, 2000.
Collation:
x, 342p., [16]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-331) and index.
ISBN:
9780316648479 (hbk)0316648477 (hbk)
Dewey class:
510.9'2
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English
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BRN:
123762
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