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Jacquard's web : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age /
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, th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007, ©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 2004. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191517259 0191517259 1281346543 9781281346544 9786611346546 6611346546 0192805770 9780192805775 |