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Presents the story of how Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented a loom that operated twenty-five times faster than its predecessor by working off punch cards and unknowingly began a process of scientific evolution which led to the computer.
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Jacquard's Web, James Essinger
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Jacquard's Web
- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Essinger
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0192805770
- ISBN13
- 9780192805775
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Technology & Engineering, Biographies, Hobby, Computers & Internet, Science, Technology, Crafts
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Presents the story of how Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented a loom that operated twenty-five times faster than its predecessor by working off punch cards and unknowingly began a process of scientific evolution which led to the computer.