Charles Babbage

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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Produktbeschreibung

An 1864 collection of essays by Charles Babbage, the inventor of 'calculating machines', about his life and times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9781108037884
• ISBN-10: 1108037887
• Artikelnr.: 34163898

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. My ancestors
2. Childhood
3. Boyhood
4. Cambridge
5. Difference engine no. 1
6. Statement relative to the difference engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the author's papers
7. Difference engine no. 2
8. Of the analytical engine
9. Of the mechanical notation
10. The exhibition of 1862
11. The late Prince Consort
12. Recollections of the Duke of Wellington
13. Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers
14. Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt
15. Experience by water
16. Experience by fire
17. Experience amongst workmen
18. Picking locks and deciphering
19. Experience in St. Giles's
20. Theatrical experience
21. Electioneering experience
22. Scene from a new after-piece
23. Experience at courts
24. Experience at courts
25. Railways
26. Street nuisances
27. Wit
28. Hints for travellers
29. Miracles
30. Religion
31. A vision
32. Various reminiscences
33. The author's contributions to human knowledge
34. The author's further contributions to human knowledge
35. Results of science
36. Agreeable recollections
Appendix
List of Mr. Babbage's printed papers.