The difference engine : Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
2001.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A note on the value of money in the nineteenth century
- pt. 1. The difference engine
- ch. 1. The tables crisis
- ch. 2. A personal question
- ch. 3. Tragedy and decline
- ch. 4. Miracles and machines
- pt. 2 The analytical engine - ch. 5. Breakthrough
- ch. 6. Applause in Turin
- ch. 7. The Astronomer Royal objects
- ch. 8. The enchantress of number
- ch. 9. Intrigues of science
- ch. 10. Visionaries and pragmatists
- ch. 11. Curtain call
- pt. 3. A modern sequel
- ch. 12. Here we go again
- ch. 13. The trial piece
- ch. 14. The money
- ch. 15. The deal
- ch. 16 The build
- ch. 17. The 'irascible genius' redeemed
- ch. 18. The modern legacy.