Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age

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Essinger tells the story of some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age.

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EAN/ISBN:: 9780192805782
Edition:: Reprint
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 318
Publication date:: 2007-05-21
Publisher:: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

EAN/ISBN:: 9780192805782
Edition:: Reprint
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 318
Publication date:: 2007-05-21
Publisher:: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

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