Charles Babbage and the Story of the First Computer
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In 1815, there weren't any computers. Electricity hadn't yet been discovered as a way to make things run. Calculating sums of numbers had to be done by hand. One mistake would mean adding everything up all over again. But English scientist Charles Babbage was planning to change all that. He planned to use his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to build a machine that would be able to work ou... More
Book Information
Publisher | Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
Binding | Library Binding |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 48 |
ISBN-10 | 1584153725 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1584153726 |
Publication Date | 09/08/2005 |
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