Book ID: CBB000111810

Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection (2000)

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Collier, Bruce (Author)
MacLachlan, James (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: 123 pp., illus., figs., tables, apps., bibl., index
Language: English

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Review Ashworth, William J. (2002) Review of "Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 127). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Swade, Doron D.
Green, Christopher D.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Bromley, Allan G.
David McQuillan
Brian Coghlan
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
History of Psychology
Historia Mathematica
Publishers
Viking
Springer-Verlag
Cork University Press
Broadway Books
Bodleian Library
Concepts
Computers and computing
Technology
Biographies
Computer science
Analytical Engine
History of Computing
People
Babbage, Charles
Lovelace, Ada, Countess of
Jones, Richard
Zuse, Konrad
Zuckerberg, Mark
Wozniak, Steve
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
Places
Great Britain
England
Turin (Italy)
Italy
Institutions
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
Smithsonian Institution
Cambridge University
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