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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Hardcover • 2015 • English

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

By Sydney Padua

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About the book

A graphic novel debut that transforms one of the most compelling scientific collaborations into an unexpected, and hilarious, series of adventures. A unique take on the unrealized invention of the computer in the 1830s by the eccentric polymath Charles Babbage and his accomplice, the daughter of Lord Byron, Ada, Countess of Lovelace. When Ada translated her friend Babbage's plans for the "Difference Engine," her lengthy footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory--o...Show more

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ISBN

9780307908278

Publisher

Random House USA Inc

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Format

Hardcover

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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Hardcover · 2015

Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

Paperback · 2016

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