Jacquard's Web
How a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
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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
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: James Essinger
- 2007, 302 Seiten, 30 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 12,9 x 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192805789
- ISBN-13: 9780192805782
Sprache:
Englisch
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