Machines of the Mind: A Life of Charles Babbage

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The first biography of the "father of the computer" in nearly 20 years. Charles Babbage was a visionary inventor, mathematician, engineer, and philosopher and the center of the Victorian London social world. A fascinating narrative of the extraordinary mind behind the computer as we know it, this is also the first book to fully explore the iconic inventor's work in the context of its brave moment of speculative technology--very much the roots of Silicon...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1612196403

ISBN13:9781612196404

Release Date:January 2035

Publisher:Melville House Publishing

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Computers Computers & Technology History

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