Charles Babbage: And the Engines of Perfection
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Charles Babbage, "the grandfather of the modern computer," did not live to see even one of his calculating machines at work. A dazzling genius with vision extending far beyond the limitations of the Victorian age, Babbage successfully calculated a table of logarithms during his years at Cambridge University, allowing mathematical calculations to be executed with extreme precision. Only the possibi... More
Book Information
Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
Binding | Paperback (5 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 128 |
ISBN-10 | 019514287X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0195142877 |
Publication Date | 09/28/2000 |
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About James MacLachlan (Author) : James MacLachlan is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of James MacLachlan include Nicolaus Copernicus: Making the Earth a Planet, Charles Babb... more
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