It Began With Babbage
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It Began With Babbage
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Author : Subrata Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014-03
It Began With Babbage written by Subrata Dasgupta and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with Business & Economics categories.
A complete and accessible history of computer science, beginning with Charles Babbage in 1819.
It Began With Babbage
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Author : Subrata Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-07
It Began With Babbage written by Subrata Dasgupta and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-07 with Computers categories.
As a field, computer science occupies a unique scientific space, in that its subject matter can exist in both physical and abstract realms. An artifact such as software is both tangible and not, and must be classified as something in between, or "liminal." The study and production of liminal artifacts allows for creative possibilities that are, and have been, possible only in computer science. In It Began with Babbage, computer scientist and writer Subrata Dasgupta examines the distinct history of computer science in terms of its creative innovations, reaching back to Charles Babbage in 1819. Since all artifacts of computer science are conceived with a use in mind, the computer scientist is not concerned with the natural laws that govern disciplines like physics or chemistry; instead, the field is more concerned with the concept of purpose. This requirement lends itself to a type of creative thinking that, as Dasgupta shows us, has exhibited itself throughout the history of computer science. More than any other, computer science is the science of the artificial, and has a unique history to accompany its unique focus. The book traces a path from Babbage's Difference Engine in the early 19th century to the end of the 1960s by when a new academic discipline named "computer science" had come into being. Along the way we meet characters like Babbage and Ada Lovelace, Turing and von Neumann, Shannon and Chomsky, and a host of other people from a variety of backgrounds who collectively created this new science of the artificial. And in the end, we see how and why computer science acquired a nature and history all of its own.
On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures
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Author : Charles Babbage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures written by Charles Babbage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with Industrial arts categories.
The Difference Engine
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Author : Doron Swade
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 2002
The Difference Engine written by Doron Swade and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Drawing on previously unused archival material, The Difference Engine is a tale of both Babbage's nineteenth-century quest to build a calculating engine and its twentieth-century sequel. For in 1991, Babbage's vision was finally realized, at least in part, by the completion at the Science Museum in London of the first full-sized Babbage engine, finished in time for the 200th anniversary of Babbage's birth. The two quests are mutually illuminating and are recounted here by the then Curator of Computing, Doron Swade - one of the main protagonists of the successful resumption of Babbage's extraordinary work."--BOOK JACKET.
Computer Science
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Author : Subrata Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Computer Science written by Subrata Dasgupta and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Computers categories.
While the development of Information Technology has been obvious to all, the underpinning computer science has been less apparent. Subrata Dasgupta provides a thought-provoking introduction to the field and its core principles, considering computer science as a science of symbol processing.
Computer
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Author : Martin Campbell-Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-07-09
Computer written by Martin Campbell-Kelly and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-09 with Science categories.
Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. Old-fashioned entrepreneurship combined with scientific know-how inspired now famous computer engineers to create the technology that became IBM. Wartime needs drove the giant ENIAC, the first fully electronic computer. Later, the PC enabled modes of computing that liberated people from room-sized, mainframe computers. This third edition provides updated analysis on software and computer networking, including new material on the programming profession, social networking, and mobile computing. It expands its focus on the IT industry with fresh discussion on the rise of Google and Facebook as well as how powerful applications are changing the way we work, consume, learn, and socialize. Computer is an insightful look at the pace of technological advancement and the seamless way computers are integrated into the modern world. Through comprehensive history and accessible writing, Computer is perfect for courses on computer history, technology history, and information and society, as well as a range of courses in the fields of computer science, communications, sociology, and management.
The Curiosities Of Industry And The Applied Sciences
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Author : George Dodd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
The Curiosities Of Industry And The Applied Sciences written by George Dodd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Great Exhibition categories.
Dodd S Curiosities Of Industry
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860
Dodd S Curiosities Of Industry written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with categories.
The Age Of Information
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Author : Stephen Saxby
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1990-11-29
The Age Of Information written by Stephen Saxby and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-11-29 with Business & Economics categories.
This book traces the origins of the present information technology revolution, the technological features that underlie its impact, the organisations, the companies and technologies which are governing the current and future growth. It explains how the technology works, how it fits together, how the industry is structured and what the future might bring.
The Philosophical Breakfast Club
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Author : Laura J. Snyder
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2011-02-22
The Philosophical Breakfast Club written by Laura J. Snyder and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-22 with Science categories.
“[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ —Newsweek The Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to meet on Sunday mornings to talk about the state of science in Britain and the world at large. Inspired by the great 17th century scientific reformer and political figure Francis Bacon—another former student of Cambridge—the Philosophical Breakfast Club plotted to bring about a new scientific revolution. And to a remarkable extent, they succeeded, even in ways they never intended. Historian of science and philosopher Laura J. Snyder exposes the political passions, religious impulses, friendships, rivalries, and love of knowledge—and power—that drove these extraordinary men. Whewell (who not only invented the word “scientist,” but also founded the fields of crystallography, mathematical economics, and the science of tides), Babbage (a mathematical genius who invented the modern computer), Herschel (who mapped the skies of the Southern Hemisphere and contributed to the invention of photography), and Jones (a curate who shaped the science of economics) were at the vanguard of the modernization of science. This absorbing narrative of people, science and ideas chronicles the intellectual revolution inaugurated by these men, one that continues to mold our understanding of the world around us and of our place within it. Drawing upon the voluminous correspondence between the four men over the fifty years of their work, Laura J. Snyder shows how friendship worked to spur the men on to greater accomplishments, and how it enabled them to transform science and help create the modern world. "The lives and works of these men come across as fit for Masterpiece Theatre.” —Wall Street Journal "Snyder succeeds famously in evoking the excitement, variety and wide-open sense of possibility of the scientific life in 19th-century Britain...splendidly evoked in this engaging book.” —American Scientist "This fine book is as wide-ranging and anecdotal, as excited and exciting, as those long-ago Sunday morning conversations at Cambridge. The Philosophical Breakfast Club forms a natural successor to Jenny Uglow’s The Lunar Men...and Richard Holmes’s The Age of Wonder.” —Washington Post