2000 · (New York, etc.):
by [BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871)] SWADE, Doron (1944-).
(New York, etc.):: Viking, (2000)., 2000. 8vo. x, 342 pp. 42 figs. on plates, bibliog., index. Quarter cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0670910201 The remarkable story of how Babbage tried to build a calculating engine, the precursor to the modern-day computer, which was (in fact) finally built to his designs in 1991. Doron Swade MBE, is a museum curator and author, specialising in the history of computing. He is especially known for his work on the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine.
(Inventory #: S6038)