The Difference Engine

Author : William Gibson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345532589

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The Difference Engine by William Gibson Pdf

1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history—and the future: Sybil Gerard—a fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator Edward “Leviathan” Mallory—explorer and paleontologist Laurence Oliphant—diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for…. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine is the collaborative masterpiece by two of the most acclaimed science fiction authors writing today. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson’s and Sterling’s unique visions—and the beginning of movement we know today as “steampunk!”

Author : Doron Swade
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015058280457

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The Difference Engine by Doron Swade Pdf

"Drawing on previously unused archival material, The Difference Engine is a tale of both Babbage's nineteenth-century quest to build a calculating engine and its twentieth-century sequel. For in 1991, Babbage's vision was finally realized, at least in part, by the completion at the Science Museum in London of the first full-sized Babbage engine, finished in time for the 200th anniversary of Babbage's birth. The two quests are mutually illuminating and are recounted here by the then Curator of Computing, Doron Swade - one of the main protagonists of the successful resumption of Babbage's extraordinary work."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Henry Prevost Babbage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Calculators
ISBN : UOM:39015009818140

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Babbage's Calculating Engines by Henry Prevost Babbage Pdf

Author : Anthony Hyman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0691023778

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Charles Babbage by Anthony Hyman Pdf

A biography of inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage.

Author : William Gibson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425190447

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All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson Pdf

Living a down-and-out existence in Tokyo, Colin Laney is determined to make his way back to the United States and to San Francisco, where, thanks to his special sensitivities about people and events, he believes a pivotal moment in human history will take place sometime in the future.

Author : Luigi Federico MENABREA (Count.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021861915

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Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage ... with notes by the translator. Extracted from the 'Scientific Memoirs,' etc. [The translator's notes signed: A.L.L. ie. Augusta Ada King, Countess Lovelace.] by Luigi Federico MENABREA (Count.) Pdf

Author : Michael Lindgren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Calculators
ISBN : UOM:39015018273360

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Glory and Failure by Michael Lindgren Pdf

Author : Bruce Collier,James MacLachlan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195142877

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Charles Babbage by Bruce Collier,James MacLachlan Pdf

Traces the life and work of the man whose nineteenth century inventions led to the development of the computer.

Author : Watty Piper
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593096536

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The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper Pdf

The special anniversary edition of The Little Engine That Could™ contains the entire text and original artwork. Young readers, as well as parents and grandparents, will treasure the story of the blue locomotive who exemplifies the power of positive thinking.

Author : Doron Swade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Calculators
ISBN : 0349112398

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The Cogwheel Brain by Doron Swade Pdf

In 1821, 30-year-old inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage was poring over a set of printed mathematical tables with his friend, the astronomer John Herschel. Finding error after error in the manually evaluated results, Babbage made an exclamation, the consequences of which would not only dominate the remaining 50 years of his life, but also lay the foundations for the modern computer industry: 'I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!' A few days later, he set down a plan to build a machine that would carry out complex mathematical calculations without human intervention and, at least in theory, without human errors. The only technology to which he had access for solving the problem was the cogwheel escapement found inside clocks. Babbage saw that a machine constructed out of hundreds of escapements, cunningly and precisely linked, might be able to handle calculations mechanically. The story of his lifelong bid to construct such a machine is a triumph of human ingenuity, will and imagination.

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : TRIPLE 3C Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Mathematicians
ISBN : 1584153725

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Charles Babbage and the Story of the First Computer by Josepha Sherman Pdf

Learn about the man who wanted to build a computer in the 1800's.

Author : MARTIN. CAMPBELL-KELLY,Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367097508

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Computer by MARTIN. CAMPBELL-KELLY,Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Reimena Yee,Tintin Pantoja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Creative ability
ISBN : 9811498679

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The Makers Club by Reimena Yee,Tintin Pantoja Pdf

Author : William Gibson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307801272

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The Difference Engine by William Gibson Pdf

1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history—and the future: Sybil Gerard—a fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator Edward “Leviathan” Mallory—explorer and paleontologist Laurence Oliphant—diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for…. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine is the collaborative masterpiece by two of the most acclaimed science fiction authors writing today. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson’s and Sterling’s unique visions—and the beginning of movement we know today as “steampunk!” From the Paperback edition.

Author : William Gibson,Bruce Sterling
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 057505073X

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The Difference Engine by William Gibson,Bruce Sterling Pdf