Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.
Contents
The engraving that wasn't -- A better mousetrap -- The son of a master-weaver -- The Emperor's new clothes -- From weaving to computing -- The difference engine -- The analytical engine -- A question of faith and funding -- The lady who loved the Jacquard loom -- A crisis with the American census -- The first Jacquard looms that wove information -- The birth of IBM -- The Thomas Watson phenomenon -- Howard Aiken dreams of a computer -- IBM and the Harvard Mark I -- Weaving at the speed of light -- The future.