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Jacquard's Web: How A Hand-Loom Led To The Birth Of The Information Age
Jacquard's Web How A HandLoom Led To The Birth Of The Information Age
Author: James Essinger
In Jacquard's Web, James 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. Essinger, a master story-teller, describes how Joseph-Marie Jacquard's loom enabled the silk-weavers...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192805775
ISBN-10: 0192805770
Publication Date: 12/1/2004
Pages: 302
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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