Jacquard's Web: How a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age
Author:   James Essinger
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192805782


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   29 March 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Jacquard's Web: How a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age


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Author:   James Essinger
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.241kg
ISBN:  

9780192805782


ISBN 10:   0192805789
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   29 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1: The engraving that wasn't 2: A better mouse-trap 3: The son of a master weaver 4: The emperor's new clothes 5: From weaving to computing 6: The difference engine 7: The analytical engine 8: A question of faith and funding 9: The lady who loved the Jacquard loom 10: A crisis with the American census 11: The first Jacquard looms that wove information 12: The birth of IBM 13: The Thomas Watson phenomenon 14: Howard Aiken dreams of a computer 15: IBM and the Harvard Mark 1 16: Weaving at the speed of light 17: The future Index

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Jacquard's web is a special book that explains more than the connections between loom and computer: it presents a fascinating history of talented and creative people developing and inventing the tools of progress. Chris Arney, Mathematical Reviews


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James Essinger is a writer with a particluar interest in the history of ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. He is currently working on a novel about Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace and on a popular history of the written word.

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