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Cargando... The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (2015 original; edición 2015)por Sydney Padua
Información de la obraThe Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer por Sydney Padua (Author) (2015)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This might be the nerdiest thing I have ever been into. I think scholars can learn a thing or two from Padua. She has a passion for the subject that just jumps from the page and it is very infectious, also, she is hilarious. If I have just one criticism, it is that the footnotes during the comic, and the enormous notes after each story plus the historical appendicx made each story a little unhinged. It was hard to know what to read and in which order. On the other hand, this will make me read the book again at least one more time which I already look forward to. Oh my goodness, read this!! (Caveat: if you consider yourself to have an inquiring mind. If you have the teensiest interest in math or computers or history. Then read this!!) I should start by saying I'm not into graphic novels. But this captured me completely. It's the story of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, the 19th-century duo that almost invented the computer 100 years early. (It would have been steam-powered.) But unfortunately their plans never quite came to fruition. Babbage's "Difference Engine" was only constructed as a fragment, and Ada's brilliant mathematical mind led her to write some stellar notes for software programming and then she died young. UNTIL NOW! The cartoonist, Sydney Padua, admits to being so infatuated with these people that she couldn't stop researching them and drawing them. This giant book is the result. Sealed off in a "bubble universe" where their Analytical Engine is a reality and anything is possible, Lovelace and Babbage can have endless new adventures, assisted by their loyal footman Minion. (I particularly like when Minion starts impersonating Microsoft's much-maligned Clippy.) This book is equal parts comic strip and supplemental material. There are footnotes and endnotes enough to keep even the geekiest happy. It's delicious!!! I've passed it on to my dad and he's glued. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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...donde Sydney Padua transforma una de las más interesantes colaboraciones científicas en una hilarante serie de aventuras. Conoce al dúo más dinámico del Londres victoriano: Charles Babbage, el inventor accidental del ordenador y su cómplice, Ada, condesa de Lovelace, una peculiar protoprogramadora e hija de Lord Byron. Cuando Lovelace transcribió los planos de Babbage de una enorme máquina de calcular en 1842, añadió anotaciones tres veces más largas que el texto original. Sus notas contienen la primera aparición de la teoría general de la computación, cien años antes de que el auténtico primer ordenador se construyera. Tristemente, Lovelace murió de cáncer una década después de la publicación de su trabajo, y Babbage nunca llegó a construir sus máquinas. ¡Pero no desesperes! Las emocionantes aventuras de Lovelace y Babbage se presentan en una delirante realidad alternativa en la que Lovelace y Babbage sí construyen la Máquina de las Diferencias y la utilizan para probar modelos económicos, batallar contra la plaga de los errores ortográficos, explorar los salvajes reinos de las matemáticas y, desde luego, luchar contra el crimen. Por el bien tanto de Londres como de la ciencia. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I was first drawn to this as I recalled Babbage from a mentioned from a LIS prof. Lady Lovelace is new to me (shame on me). It was immensely entertaining AND informative. ( )