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"Drawing on previously unused archival material, The Difference Engine is a tale of both Babbage's nineteenth-century quest to build a calculating engine and its twentieth-century sequel. For in 1991, Babbage's vision was finally realized, at least in part, by the completion at the Science Museum in London of the first full-sized Babbage engine, finished in time for the 200th anniversary of Babbage's birth. The two quests are mutually illuminating and are recounted here by the then Curator of Co

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Author

Swade, Doron

Publisher

Penguin (Non-Classics)

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780142001448

Category

biography

Subjects

Philosophy, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.73 / 5 (149 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14