The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer
- ISBN-10
- 0141981539
- ISBN-13
- 9780141981536
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09
- Publisher
- Particular Books
- Author
- Sydney Padua
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The more I think about this, the higher I esteem it' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Books of the Year *Winner of the British Book Design and Production Award for Graphic Novels* *Winner of the Neumann Prize in the History of Mathematics* ...
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