Jacquard's web: how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age
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1. Verfasser: Essinger, James (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007, c2004
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Beschreibung:Originally published: 2004
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index
Jacquard's Web tells one of the greatest untold stories of science: how a hand loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the birth of the modern computer age. James Essinger, a master storyteller, traces the 200-year evolution of Jacquard's idea from the studios of 18th century weavers, through the Industrial Revolution to the development of hi-tech computers and the information age today. - ;Jacquard's Web is the story of some of the most ingenious inventors the world has ever known, a fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern in
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 302 p.)
ISBN:0191517259
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