On the Shoulders of Genius: How four people born 100 years apart invented a computer

By Albert Thompson

This is the story of two men and two women born almost a hundred years apart that shared a dream. One pair created the dream, the other made it come true. It is the story of a series of inventions and their inventors that made the dream possible and led to the development of the computer in the twentieth century. Two English mathematicians in the 19th century Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace saw the possibility and designed and programmed a Difference Engine and an Analytical Engine. Two naval officers in the twentieth century inspired by the work of Babbage and Lovelace developed and used the Harvard Mark 1.It is the story of a series of inventions and their inventors that made the dream possible and led to the development of the computer in the twentieth century. Mark 1.Since the development of the Mark 1 in 1943, continued research has led to some incredible breakthroughs and improvements on that initial development. The purpose here is to help you understand the incredible sequence of unrelated events that led to the initial development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1670822389
• ISBN13: 9781670822383
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.4" x 8.0"