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The Dallas Morning News Tech Books Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2001
By Steve Powers, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 1--The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer
--By Doron Swade
--Viking, $24.95
In 1821, British inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage was examining a set of mathematical tables. Finding error after error, Mr. Babbage cried out: "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!"
Thus began Mr. Babbage's efforts to build a mechanical computing machine.
Author Doron Swade chronicles Mr. Babbage's lifelong search for the keys to building such a machine. He draws on unused archival material to create an unstintingly honest portrayal of the man and the genius.
Not only...
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