Glory and Failure: The Difference Engines of Johann Müller, Charles Babbage, and Georg and Edvard Sheutz (History of Computing)

By Michael Lindgren

This book is the first to provide a unified picture of the difference engines that were the mechanical predecessors of today's digital computer, to emphasize them as part of the history of numerical tables, and to give equal weight to the technical and social aspects of their creation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262121468
• ISBN13: 9780262121460
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher