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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 notables throughoutink mark to tail page edgeex-library copyashdown’ to head of title-pagespine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labeltitle-page repairedhowever, 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 tablesrebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditioncircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’small tears to some margins, affecting text on pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()overall, 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 scienceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepencil notes on the last pageitem is as picturedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepencil ownership inscription of ‘w
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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 foundsean accepts a much-needed jobwith 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 maxwellsean king and michelle maxwell are both haunted by their last casesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile the dead man's young daughter, piano-playing prodigy viggie, has secrets of her ownoxfam bookshop cheltenham in simple genius, david baldacci reintroduces the main characters from bestsellers split second and hour gamebut instead of focusing on her recovery, michelle unearths disturbing secrets in the hospitalrealizing that michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, sean arranges therapy for his reluctant partner
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