The difference engine : Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer

Author(s)

• Swade, Doron

Bibliographic Information

The difference engine : Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer

Doron Swade

（Penguin books, . Science/History）

Penguin Books, 2002

• : pbk

Note

"First published in Great Britain by Little, Brown and Company as The Cogwheel Brain 2000. First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc. 2001"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-331) and index

Details

• NCID: BA59435303
• ISBN:
  • 0142001449
• LCCN: 00068643
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 342 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA75
  • DC21 : 681/.145
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Calculators -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814