Charles Babbage and the Story of the First Computer

By Josepha Sherman

In 1815, there weren’t any computers. Electricity hadn’t yet been discovered as a way to make things run. Calculating sums of numbers had to be done by hand. One mistake would mean adding everything... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584153725
• ISBN13: 9781584153726
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8