Author: Anthony Hyman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691023779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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A biography of inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage.

Author: Doron Swade
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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"Drawing on previously unused archival material, The Difference Engine is a tale of both Babbage's nineteenth-century quest to build a calculating engine and its twentieth-century sequel. For in 1991, Babbage's vision was finally realized, at least in part, by the completion at the Science Museum in London of the first full-sized Babbage engine, finished in time for the 200th anniversary of Babbage's birth. The two quests are mutually illuminating and are recounted here by the then Curator of Computing, Doron Swade - one of the main protagonists of the successful resumption of Babbage's extraordinary work."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Neil Champion
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9781575723679
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Examines the life and contributions of the English mathematician and inventor, whose work with calculating machines caused him to be called the father of the modern computer.

Author: Charles Babbage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521343114
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Charles Babbage was a key figure of a great era of British history. Best remembered for his pioneering Difference and Analytical Engines, forerunners of the modern computer, Babbage was also an active reformer of science and society.

Author: Daniel Stephen Halacy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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The life and inventions of Charles Babbage, who, along with numerous other creations, came up with the machine that evolved into today's computer.

Author: Luigi Federico MENABREA (Count.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Author: William Gibson
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0440423627
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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The 20th anniversary edition of the classic steampunk novel With new commentary by the authors 1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with the future: Sybil Gerard—fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward “Leviathan” Mallory—explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant—diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine took the science fiction community by storm when it was first published twenty years ago. This special anniversary edition features an Introduction by Cory Doctorow and a collaborative essay from the authors looking back on their creation. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, this novel is poised to impress a whole new generation.

Author: Charles Babbage
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320529
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Charles Babbage (1792–1871) articulated the principles behind modern computing machines. This compilation of his writings, plus those of several of his contemporaries, illuminates the early history of the calculator.

Author: Charles Babbage
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Author: Eileen Lucas
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1725342278
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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Charles Babbage and Ada Byron met in 1833. He was a widowed forty-two-year-old scientist and inventor, who was trying to figure out how to get his Difference Engine built. She was the eighteen-year-old daughter of the poet Lord Byron and Lady Annabella Byron, whose marriage had disintegrated in Ada's youth. Through thoughtful narrative accompanied by direct quotes, readers will learn how in Babbage's plans for the Analytical Engine and Lovelace's algorithm lies the foundation of the computer hardware and software that would not be developed for another hundred plus years. Sidebars, a chronology, and a further reading list provide more information on this inspirational collaboration.