The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer, Pre-Owned Hardcover 0670910201 9780670910205 Doron Swade

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• Format: Hardcover
• Author: Doron Swade
• ISBN10: 0670910201
• ISBN13: 9780670910205

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, navigation rely. The Difference Engine is the fascinating story of his heroic quest, against all odds, to build the first computing machine more than one hundred years before the modern computer we use today was invented. Set against the politics science of the explosive early Victorian era, The Difference Engine is a thrilling tale of Babbages exuberant determination. Like Longitude, The Difference Engine is a fascinating portrait of the human story behind a pivotal moment in history one of the most influential inventions of our time.

This is a Pre-Owned book. All our books are in Good or better condition.

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, & navigation rely. The Difference Engine is the fascinating story of his heroic quest, against all odds, to build the first computing machine more than one hundred years before the modern computer we use today was invented. Set against the politics & science of the explosive early Victorian era, The Difference Engine is a thrilling tale of Babbage’s exuberant determination. Like Longitude, The Difference Engine is a fascinating portrait of the human story behind a pivotal moment in history & one of the most influential inventions of our time.