The Works of Charles Babbage

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-1-85196-005-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 2700 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 6200 g

Reihe: The Pickering Masters

A set of 11 volumes which contains all the known works of Charles Babbage, who has been described as the "pioneer of the computer". His mathematical, scientific and engineering work is highly significant for its original approach to problem-solving and is reset for today's reader.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell-Kelly, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1. Mathematical papers, Volume 2. The Difference Engine and table making, Volume 3. The Analytical Engine and Mechanical Notation, Volume 4. Scientific and miscellaneous papers I, Volume 5. Scientific and miscellaneous papers II, Volume 6. A comparative view o f the various, Volume 7. Reflections on the decline of science in England and on some of its causes, Volume 8. The economy of machinery and manufactures, Volume 9. The ninth Bridgewater treatise, Volume 10. The Exposition of 1851, Volume 11. Passages from the life o f a philosopher