Author: Doron Swade
Edition: 1st Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0316648477
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Features:
Edition: 1st Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0316648477
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Features:
The Cogwheel Brain
In 1821, 30-year-old inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage was poring over a set of printed mathematical tables with his friend, the astronomer John Herschel. Search and download computer ebooks The Cogwheel Brain for free.
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Finding error after error in the manually evaluated results, Babbage made an exclamation, the consequences of which would not only dominate the remaining 50 years of his life, but also lay the foundations for the modern computer industry: 'I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!' A few days later, he set down a plan to build a machine that would carry out complex mathematical calculations without human intervention and, at least in theory, without human errors. The only technology to which he had access for solving the problem was the cogwheel escapement found
The Cogwheel Brain Doron Swade
author doron swade format paperback language english publication year 02 08 2001 subject biographies autobiographies subject 2 biography science technology medical title the cogwheel brain author doron swade publisher abacus publication date aug 02 2001 pages 352 binding paperback isbn 0349112398 description in 1821 charles babbage set upon building a machine that would carry out complex mathematical calculations without human intervention the only technology to which he had access for this was
author doron swade format paperback language english publication year 02 08 2001 subject biographies autobiographies subject 2 biography science technology medical book details title the cogwheel brain item condition used item in a good condition author doron swade isbn 10 0349112398 publisher abacus isbn 13 9780349112398 published on 2001 08 02 sku awe 9780349112398 binding paperback language english edition new edition list price 17 00 at awesomebooks we believe that good quality and speed of
In 1821, Charles Babbage set upon building a machine that would carry out complex mathematical calculations without human intervention. The only technology to which he had access for this was the cogwheel escapement found in clocks. This is the story of his lifelong bid to construct his machine.
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The only technology to which he had access for solving the problem was the cogwheel escapement found
