03481nam 2200733Ia 450 991045387820332120200520144314.00-19-280577-01-281-34654-30-19-151725-9(CKB)1000000000722140(EBL)422876(OCoLC)476260169(SSID)ssj0000184834(PQKBManifestationID)11181951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184834(PQKBWorkID)10205463(PQKB)11365523(SSID)ssj0000438461(PQKBManifestationID)12175276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438461(PQKBWorkID)10451743(PQKB)11425462(MiAaPQ)EBC422876(Au-PeEL)EBL422876(CaPaEBR)ebr10271585(CaONFJC)MIL134654(EXLCZ)99100000000072214020080103e20072004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJacquard's web[electronic resource] how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age /by James EssingerOxford Oxford University Press2007, c20041 online resource (315 p.)First published: 2004.9786611346546 0-19-280578-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index.Contents; List of illustrations; 1 The engraving that wasn't; 2 A better mousetrap; 3 The son of a master-weaver; 4 The Emperor's new clothes; 5 From weaving to computing; 6 The Difference Engine; 7 The Analytical Engine; 8 A question of faith and funding; 9 The lady who loved the Jacquard loom; 10 A crisis with the American Census; 11 The first Jacquard looms that wove information; 12 The birth of IBM; 13 The Thomas Watson phenomenon; 14 Howard Aiken dreams of a computer; 15 IBM and the Harvard Mark 1; 16 Weaving at the speed of light; 17 The future; Appendix 1: Charles Babbage's vindicationAppendix 2: Ada Lovelace's letter to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1843Appendix 3: How the Jacquard loom worked; Acknowledgements; Notes on sources; Bibliography; Index; Jacquard's Web tells one of the greatest untold stories of science: how a hand loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the birth of the modern computer age. James Essinger, a master storyteller, traces the 200-year evolution of Jacquard's idea from the studios of 18th century weavers, through the Industrial Revolution to the development of hi-tech computers and the information age today. - ;Jacquard's Web is the story of some of the most ingenious inventors the world has ever known, a fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern inComputingHistoryCalculatorsJacquard knitting machinesInformation technologyHistoryElectronic books.ComputingHistory.Calculators.Jacquard knitting machines.Information technologyHistory.004.09004/.09509Essinger James1957-592976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453878203321Jacquard's web2225684UNINA