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Jacquard's Web: How a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age Book
Tells one of the greatest stories of science: how a hand loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the birth of the modern computer age. This work 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.Read More
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Blackwell
Essinger tells the story of some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age. Jacquard's Web is the...
- 0192805789
- 9780192805782
- James Essinger
- 29 March 2007
- OUP Oxford
- Paperback (Book)
- 320
- Reprint
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