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Max Byrd
320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780553802085
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Publication date: Not specified
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Charles Babbage was an English genius of legendary eccentricity. He invented the cowcatcher, the ophthalmoscope, and the “penny post.” He was an expert lock picker, he wrote a ballet, he pursued a vendetta against London organ-grinders that made h...
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Max Byrd
320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780553802085
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Charles Babbage was an English genius of legendary eccentricity. He invented the cowcatcher, the ophthalmoscope, and the “penny post.” He was an expert lock picker, he wrote a ballet, he pursued a vendetta against London organ-grinders that made h...