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Condition: Secong hand
Barcode: 9780316648479
Trade code: 55694
Product code: 0316648477
Category: Fiction All Books

Doron Swade | The cogwheel brain

Price 34.90 лв.
This product is second hand.
  • What a difference a century makes. Doron Swede, a technology historian and assistant director of the Science Museum in London, investigates the problems that plagued 19th-century knowledge engineers in The Charles Babbage Difference and the Quest to Build the First Computer. The author is in a unique position to appreciate the technical difficulties of the time, as he led a team that built a working model of the Different Machine using modern materials in time for Babbage's bicentenary in 1991. The basis of the book consists of the design history of the first calculator compiled from the technical notes and drawings curated by Swade. Although Babbage certainly had trouble translating his ideas into real time, the reader also understands his fruitless, drawn-out arguments with his financiers. Swede had it relatively easy, although his descriptions of the frustrating search for money and then figuring out how best to build the huge machine in the late 1980s are delightful. It is difficult—perhaps impossible—to trace a clear, continuous line of influence from Babbage to any modern computer researcher, but his importance both as an early pioneer and as a symbol of the joys and sorrows of computing is undeniable. Swede clearly has a deep respect for his subject, especially since he tried to bring the grand old man's ideas to life. The Difference Engine is incredibly comprehensive and will excite readers looking for a more technical overview of Babbage's career. --Rob Lightner
  • • Language: English
    • Format: 13.5 x 20 cm
    • Volume: 352 pages
    • Covers: paperback
    • Year of issue: 2001


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