Author: James Essinger
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0192805789
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Features:
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0192805789
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Features:
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
Circuits from silk? Today's technophiles probably have no idea how much today's computer technology owes to the invention of one ingenuous textile manufacturer in nineteenth-century France. Search and download computer ebooks Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age for free.
Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age by James Essinger Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New 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. Publisher Description Circuits from silk? Today #039;s technophiles p. Download Jacquard's Web computer ebooks
Here, master storyteller James Essinger shows through a series of remarkable and meticulously researched historical connections how the Jacquard loom kick-started a process of scientific evolution which would lead directly to the development of the modern computer.
Jacquard's 1804 invention, a loom which used punch cards with stored instructions for weaving different patterns and designs, enabled the master silk-weavers of Lyons to weave fabrics 25 times faster than the competition. Here, Essinger reveals the plethora of extraordinary links between that
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age - James Essinger
Jacquard's Web How a Hand-loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age, ISBN-13: 9780192805782, ISBN-10: 0192805789
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Here, master storyteller James Essinger shows through a series of remarkable and meticulously researched historical connections how the Jacquard loom kick-started a process of scientific evolution which would lead directly to the development of the modern computer
Here, Essinger reveals the plethora of extraordinary links between that
