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| 1 | The engraving that wasn't | 1 |
| 2 | A better mousetrap | 7 |
| 3 | The son of a master-weaver | 19 |
| 4 | The emperor's new clothes | 27 |
| 5 | From weaving to computing | 45 |
| 6 | The difference engine | 65 |
| 7 | The analytical engine | 81 |
| 8 | A question of faith and funding | 99 |
| 9 | The lady who loved the Jacquard loom | 119 |
| 10 | A crisis with the American census | 149 |
| 11 | The first Jacquard looms that wove information | 159 |
| 12 | The birth of IBM | 179 |
| 13 | The Thomas Watson phenomenon | 195 |
| 14 | Howard Aiken dreams of a computer | 195 |
| 15 | IBM and the Harvard Mark I | 219 |
| 16 | Weaving at the speed of light | 239 |
| 17 | The future | 253 |
| App. 1 | Charles Babbage's vindication | 265 |
| App. 2 | Ada Lovelace's letter to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1843 | 270 |
| App. 3 | How the Jacquard loom worked | 277 |
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Daniel Rose
reviewed Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age on June 15, 2019
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
Really good high-level overview of the role of Jacquard's brilliant concept and invention. I would have liked a bit more detail with every milestone that benefitted, but I realize that can be gained by other source mat'l.
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