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Collier, Bruce , MacLachlan, James

Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection

127 pp. | Oxford | December, 1998 | Library ISBN 0-19-508997-9 $$21.00
(3) YA Oxford Portraits in Science series. The authors provide a personal glimpse of the "spiritual ancestor" of the modern computer age. Though the conceptual similarities between Babbage's analytical engine and today's computers will be evident to all, the discussions on the inner workings of the analytical engine are best suited to techies intrigued by the mathematical concepts that power modern computers. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Daniel Brabander

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