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Computers, Comic books, strips, History, Comics & graphic novels, historical fiction, nyt:hardcover-graphic-books=2015-05-10, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Calculators, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Lovelace, ada king , 1815-1852, Babbage, charles , 1791-1871, Computers--history, Computers--history--comic books, strips, etc, Pn6737.p34 t48 2015, 741.5/942, Historical, English & college success -> english -> fictionShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2016, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0141981539 9780141981536
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Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0141981563 9780141981567
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The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
2015, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in English
- First edition.
0307908275 9780307908278
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Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The True Story of the First Computer
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0141981512 9780141981512
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Table of Contents
Ada Lovelace: The Secret Origin! --
The Pocket Universe --
The Person from Porlock --
Lovelace & Babbage vs. the Client! --
Primary Sources --
Lovelace and Babbage vs. the Economic Model! --
Luddites! --
User Experience! --
Mr. Boole Comes to Tea --
Imaginary Quantities -- -- Appendix I.
Some Amusing Primary Documents -- -- Appendix II.
The Analytical Engine --
Epilogue
Edition Notes
"With interesting & curious anecdotes of celebrated and distinguished characters fully illustrating a variety of instructive and amusing scenes; as performed within and without the remarkable difference engine. Embellished with portraits and scientifick diagrams."
"The (mostly) true story of the first computer"--Dust jacket.
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