Reckoning with matter : calculating machines, innovation, and thinking about thinking from Pascal to Babbage / Matthew L. Jones.
| Author/creator | Jones, Matthew L., 1972- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016. |
| Description | 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Carrying tens : Pascal, Morland, and the challenge of machine calculation -- First carry ; Babbage and Clement mechanize table making -- Artisans and their philosophers : Leibniz and Hooke coordinate minds, metal, and wood -- Second carry : Babbage gets funded -- Improvement for profit : calculating machines and the prehistory of intellectual property -- Third carry : Babbage claims his property -- Reinventing the wheel : emulation in the European enlightenment -- Fourth carry : Babbage confronts prior art -- Teething problems : Charles Stanhope and the coordination of technical knowledge from Geneva to Kent -- Fifth carry : Babbage's collaborators emulate -- Calculating machines, creativity, and humility from Leibniz to Turning -- Final carry : epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-320) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016015339 |
| ISBN | 9780226411460 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 022641146X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA75 .J66 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |