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An edition of The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (2015)

The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

First edition.

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)
  • 7 Want to read
  • 4 Have read

315 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm1130L Lexile

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language
English
Pages
315

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Subjects

Computers, Comic books, strips, History, Comics & graphic novels, historical fiction, nyt:hardcover-graphic-books=2015-05-10, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Calculators, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Lovelace, ada king , 1815-1852, Babbage, charles , 1791-1871, Computers--history, Computers--history--comic books, strips, etc, Pn6737.p34 t48 2015, 741.5/942, Historical, English & college success -> english -> fiction

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Ada King Lovelace Countess of (1815-1852), Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2016, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
2015, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in English - First edition.
Cover of: Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English

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Table of Contents

Ada Lovelace: The Secret Origin! --
The Pocket Universe --
The Person from Porlock --
Lovelace & Babbage vs. the Client! --
Primary Sources --
Lovelace and Babbage vs. the Economic Model! --
Luddites! --
User Experience! --
Mr. Boole Comes to Tea --
Imaginary Quantities -- -- Appendix I.
Some Amusing Primary Documents -- -- Appendix II.
The Analytical Engine --
Epilogue

Edition Notes

"With interesting & curious anecdotes of celebrated and distinguished characters fully illustrating a variety of instructive and amusing scenes; as performed within and without the remarkable difference engine. Embellished with portraits and scientifick diagrams."

"The (mostly) true story of the first computer"--Dust jacket.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/942
Library of Congress
PN6737.P34 T48 2015, PN6737.P34T48 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
315 pages
Number of pages
315

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26889578M
ISBN 10
0307908275
ISBN 13
9780307908278, 9780307908285
LCCN
2014004455
OCLC/WorldCat
869881357

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19671534W

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