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Charles Babbage:
Pioneer of the Computer
Author Anthony Hyman
CountryUnited Kingdom & United States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Charles Babbage
GenreBiography
Publisher Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press
Publication date
1982/1985
Media typeHardback & softback
Pages304
ISBN 978-0-198-58170-3 (also ISBN  978-0-691-08303-2 & ISBN  978-0-691-02377-9)
OCLC 1148219148
LC Class81-48078
Website Archive.org

Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer is a biographical book about the Victorian computer pioneer Charles Babbage (1791–1871). The book was written by Anthony Hyman (1928–2011), a British historian of computing. The book was published by Oxford University Press in 1982 (hardcover) and Princeton University Press in 1982 and 1985 (hardcover and paperback). The book is available online from Archive.org. [1]

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References

  1. ^ Hyman, Anthony (1985) [1982]. Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN  978-0-691-08303-2. LCCN  81-48078.
  2. ^ O'Donnell, John T. (August 1985). The American Mathematical Monthly. 92 (7): 522–525. doi: 10.1080/00029890.1985.11971672. ISSN  0002-9890. JSTOR  2322530.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  3. ^ Berg, Maxine (1983). Business History. 25 (2): 200–201. doi: 10.1080/00076798300000023.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  4. ^ Hartley, M. G. (July 1983). The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education. 20 (3): 285–286. doi: 10.1177/002072098302000329. ISSN  0020-7209. S2CID  115638406.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  5. ^ Richards, Joan L. (June 1983). Isis. 74 (2): 292. doi: 10.1086/353292. JSTOR  233151.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  6. ^ Hill, I. D. (1985). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A. 148 (2): 171. doi: 10.2307/2981961. JSTOR  2981961.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  7. ^ Burton, Hilary (June 1982). Library Journal. 107 (11): 1091.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  8. ^ Mason, Michael (16 September 1982). "Tons of sums". London Review of Books. 4 (17).
  9. ^ Tee, Garry J. (1984). Mathematical Reviews. MR  0693093.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  10. ^ W., J. W. (April 1986). Mathematics of Computation. 46 (174): 759. doi: 10.2307/2008013. JSTOR  2008013.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  11. ^ Aspray, William (12 November 1982). "A scientist and reformer". Science. 218 (4573): 672–673. doi: 10.1126/science.218.4573.672. ISSN  0036-8075. JSTOR  1688618. PMID  17791583.
  12. ^ Smillie, K. W. (July 1983). SIAM Review. 25 (3): 422–423. doi: 10.1137/1025100. ISSN  0036-1445. JSTOR  2029408.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
  13. ^ Tropp, Henry S. (July 1984). Technology and Culture. 25 (3): 651–653. doi: 10.2307/3104217. JSTOR  3104217.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ( link)
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