Keith Houston

Gebundenes Buch

Empire of the Sum

The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

Beschreibung

The hidden history of the pocket calculatorâ a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb and went with us to the moonâ and the mathematicians, designers and inventors who brought it to life

Autor

Keith Houston is the author of Face with Tears of Joy, Empire of the Sum, Shady Characters, and The Book. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and on Mental Floss, BBC Culture, and Literary Hub. He lives in Linlithgow, Scotland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780393882148
• ISBN-10: 0393882144
• Artikelnr.: 65949869