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Jacquard's Web
How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
Taschenbuch von James Essinger
Sprache: Englisch

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Essinger tells the story of some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age.
Essinger tells the story of some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age.
Über den Autor
James Essinger is a writer with a particluar interest in the history of ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. He is currently working on a novel about Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace and on a popular history of the written word.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • 1: The engraving that wasn't

  • 2: A better mouse-trap

  • 3: The son of a master weaver

  • 4: The emperor's new clothes

  • 5: From weaving to computing

  • 6: The difference engine

  • 7: The analytical engine

  • 8: A question of faith and funding

  • 9: The lady who loved the Jacquard loom

  • 10: A crisis with the American census

  • 11: The first Jacquard looms that wove information

  • 12: The birth of IBM

  • 13: The Thomas Watson phenomenon

  • 14: Howard Aiken dreams of a computer

  • 15: IBM and the Harvard Mark 1

  • 16: Weaving at the speed of light

  • 17: The future

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Fachbereich: EDV
Genre: Informatik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780192805782
ISBN-10: 0192805789
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Essinger, James
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Maße: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: James Essinger
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.03.2007
Gewicht: 0,338 kg
Artikel-ID: 108628738
Über den Autor
James Essinger is a writer with a particluar interest in the history of ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. He is currently working on a novel about Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace and on a popular history of the written word.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • 1: The engraving that wasn't

  • 2: A better mouse-trap

  • 3: The son of a master weaver

  • 4: The emperor's new clothes

  • 5: From weaving to computing

  • 6: The difference engine

  • 7: The analytical engine

  • 8: A question of faith and funding

  • 9: The lady who loved the Jacquard loom

  • 10: A crisis with the American census

  • 11: The first Jacquard looms that wove information

  • 12: The birth of IBM

  • 13: The Thomas Watson phenomenon

  • 14: Howard Aiken dreams of a computer

  • 15: IBM and the Harvard Mark 1

  • 16: Weaving at the speed of light

  • 17: The future

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Fachbereich: EDV
Genre: Informatik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780192805782
ISBN-10: 0192805789
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Essinger, James
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Maße: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: James Essinger
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.03.2007
Gewicht: 0,338 kg
Artikel-ID: 108628738
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