An edition of The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (2015)

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An edition of The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (2015)

The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

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  • 4 Have read

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language
English
Pages
315

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Subjects

Computers, Comic books, strips, History, Comics & graphic novels, historical fiction, nyt:hardcover-graphic-books=2015-05-10, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Calculators, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Lovelace, ada king , 1815-1852, Babbage, charles , 1791-1871, Computers--history, Computers--history--comic books, strips, etc, Pn6737.p34 t48 2015, 741.5/942, Historical, English & college success -> english -> fiction

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Ada King Lovelace Countess of (1815-1852), Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Cover of: Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2016, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
2015, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in English - First edition.
Cover of: Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English

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Table of Contents

Ada Lovelace: The Secret Origin! --
The Pocket Universe --
The Person from Porlock --
Lovelace & Babbage vs. the Client! --
Primary Sources --
Lovelace and Babbage vs. the Economic Model! --
Luddites! --
User Experience! --
Mr. Boole Comes to Tea --
Imaginary Quantities -- -- Appendix I.
Some Amusing Primary Documents -- -- Appendix II.
The Analytical Engine --
Epilogue

Edition Notes

"With interesting & curious anecdotes of celebrated and distinguished characters fully illustrating a variety of instructive and amusing scenes; as performed within and without the remarkable difference engine. Embellished with portraits and scientifick diagrams."

"The (mostly) true story of the first computer"--Dust jacket.

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Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/942
Library of Congress
PN6737.P34 T48 2015, PN6737.P34T48 2015

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Pagination
315 pages
Number of pages
315

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OL26889578M
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thrillingadventu0000padu
ISBN 10
0307908275
ISBN 13
9780307908278, 9780307908285
LCCN
2014004455
OCLC/WorldCat
869881357

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