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The Difference Engine

โœ Scribed by Gibson, William; Sterling, Bruce

Book ID
106937531
Publisher
Bantam Books
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
272 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553070286

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โœฆ Synopsis

SUMMARY: A brilliantly inventive alternate history by the two biggest names in Cyberpunk, Gibson and Sterling, about a 19th century computer revolution arising from the invention of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine--a forerunner of today's computer based on mechanical principles rather than electronic technology.

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