Charles Babbage: And the Engines of Perfection

by James MacLachlan and Bruce Collier

Book Overview

Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the modern computer, did not live to see even one of his calculating machines at work. A dazzling genius with vision extending far beyond the limitations of the Victorian age, Babbage successfully calculated a table of logarithms during his years at
Cambridge University, allowing mathematical calculations to be executed with extreme precision. Only the possibility of human error prevented complete accuracy, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195089979
• ISBN13: 9780195089974
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12