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1 gen 2002 · Doron Swade, assistant director and head of collections at the Science Museum in London, is an engineer, historian of technology, and a leading authority on the life and work of Charles Babbage. Doron Swade is Assistant Director and Head of Collections at the Science Museum in London.
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In 1821, Charles Babbage was reviewing a set of mathematical tables with a colleague in preparation for a scientific presentation when, after finding a wealt...
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- Talks at Google
10 dic 2009 · But Doron Swade, a former curator at ... Swade says, "I still never fail to receive pleasure from watching people's reaction when they first see this extraordinary spectacle. Their jaws literally ...
29 nov 2013 · A discussion of the core concepts of modern computing and their basis in history.Dr Doron Swade offers a new analysis of the history of computing, suggesting...
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21 mag 2021 · A task of history is to provide a coherent account for the profusion of past events — contingent occurrences, breakthroughs, markets, users, human motivation...
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25 ago 2022 · Abstract. This book describes the central events, machines, and people in the history of computing, and traces how innovation has brought us from pebbles used for counting, to the modern age of the computer. It has a strong historiographical theme that offers a new perspective on how to understand the historical narratives we have constructed ...
Doron Swade introduces himself as a scientist rather than a novelist, yet he does an excellent job of bringing Babbage's story vividly to life. The book is an interesting blend of drama and science. There are a handful of paragraphs which if like me you're not a maths or physics graduate might go over your head, but apart from those it is very readable.
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