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Memoir of the life and labours of the late Charles Babbage Esq., F.R.S. / H.W. Buxton ; edited and with an introduction by Anthony Hyman.
LIBRA QA29.B2 B89 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buxton, H. W. (Harry Wilmot)
- Series:
- Charles Babbage Institute reprint series for the history of computing ; v. 13.
- Charles Babbage Institute reprint series for the history of computing ; v. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.
- Babbage, Charles.
- Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Great Britain.
- Computers--History.
- Computers.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ; Los Angeles : Tomash, [1988]
- Summary:
- Written but never published during his lifetime, this memoir of the founding father of computing is an indispensable primary source of information about Babbage's personal character and work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262022699
- OCLC:
- 15486392
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