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966304
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b720674
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Essinger, James,1957-
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Jacquard's web : : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age /\ by James Essinger.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2007, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0191517259
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: 0192805770
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: 1281346543
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: 6611346546
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: 9780191517259
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: 9780192805775
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: 9781281346544
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: 9786611346546
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0192805789
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9780192805782
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| Notes
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Originally published: 2004.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.
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| Contents
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List of illustrations; 1 The engraving that wasn't; 2 A better mousetrap; 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; Appendix 1: Charles Babbage's vindication
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Appendix 2: Ada Lovelace's letter to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1843Appendix 3: How the Jacquard loom worked; Acknowledgements; Notes on sources; Bibliography; Index;
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| Abstract
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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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Jacquard, Joseph-Marie,1752-1834.
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Jacquard, Joseph-Marie,1752-1834.
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Calculators.
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Computing-- History.
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Information technology-- History.
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Jacquard knitting machines.
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Calculators.
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COMPUTERS-- History.
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Information technology.
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Jacquard knitting machines.
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| Dewey Classification
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004/.09
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| LC Classification
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QA76.17.E88 2007eb
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