Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher

Author:   Charles Babbage
Publisher:   Rough Draft Printing
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9781603860925


Pages:   512
Publication Date:   16 February 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher


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Babbage's Greatest Achievement Was His Detailed Plans For Calculating Engines, Both The Table-Making Difference Engines And The Far More Ambitious Analytical Engines, Which Were Flexible And Powerful, Punched-Card Controlled General Purpose Calculators, Embodying Many Features Which Later Reappeared In The Modern Stored Program Computer. These Features Included: Punched Card Control; Separate Store And Mill; A Set Of Internal Registers (The Table Axes); Fast Multiplier/Divider; A Range Of Peripherals; Even Array Processing. Arguably Called The Father Of The Computer, This Is An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Printing Of His Inimitable Autobiography.

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Author:   Charles Babbage
Publisher:   Rough Draft Printing
Imprint:   Rough Draft Printing
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.873kg
ISBN:  

9781603860925


ISBN 10:   1603860924
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   16 February 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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