The Armchair Guide to the World's First Computers

By: Adelaide, Charlotte

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Learn about the ancient ancestors of the modern computer technology that shapes our daily lives. Examine the intricate inner workings of the abacus, astrolabe, slide rule, antikythera mechanism, astronomical clock, Pascal's calculator, and many more analog pre-computers. Investigate the lives of those geniuses who created these early objects, such as Blaise Pascal, John Napier, Charles Xavier Thomas, Gottfried Leibniz, and Abu Rayhan Biruni.

Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1270791516
• ISBN13: 9781270791515
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Webster's Digital Services
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.7"