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babbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablescharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine nohowever, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tablesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()circular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pageink mark to tail page edgepencil ownership inscription of ‘wspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelsmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionoverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and scienceashdown’ to head of title-page1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’title-page repairedpencil notes on the last pageex-library copyitem is as picturedtables throughout
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A physicist, monk turing, has died in mysterious circumstances near babbage town - a secretive establishment populated by an eccentric group of scientists and cryptographers, funded by an anonymous but powerful groupbut what is the significance of the phrase 'codes and blood'? directly across the york river from babbage town lies the sinister cia training ground, camp peary, where monk turing's body was foundrealizing that michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, sean arranges therapy for his reluctant partnersean accepts a much-needed jobsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in simple genius, david baldacci reintroduces the main characters from bestsellers split second and hour gamewith both the fbi and cia breathing down sean's neck, can he discover the truth? and will he be in time to save michelle from herself?simple genius is followed by first family, the sixth man and king and maxwellbut instead of focusing on her recovery, michelle unearths disturbing secrets in the hospitalsean king and michelle maxwell are both haunted by their last casemeanwhile the dead man's young daughter, piano-playing prodigy viggie, has secrets of her own
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Charles babbage years of insulin) full list:- circulated 50p'sall uk 50 pence coins from introduction of smaller type in to , inclusiveyears of girl guiding years of world wildlife fund th anniv birth of benjamin britten glasgow commonwealth games th anniv of battle of britain battle of hastings rio olympics team gb beatrix potter anniv sir isaac newton representation of the people act sherlock holmes – conan doyle stephen hawking rosalind franklin (dna) diversity built britainwithdrawal from eutwo free bonus coins – bu in presentation packseleven in good cirulated condition and 16 in brilliant uncirculated royal mint presentation packs(the only one not included is kew gardens - available seperately if requiredwinners design for olympics coinnew style coin th anniv of christopher ironside, brilliant uncirculated in royal mint presentation packsuk presidency of the eu th anniv of nhs th anniv of public libraries act suffragettes th anniv of 4 minute mile th anniv of samuel johnson dictionary th anniv of vc (medal) th anniv of vc (soldier carrying wounded comrade) centenary of scouts
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