Wilkes, Maurice V

Pray Mr. Babbage--A character study in dramatic form.

Publisher Information: 1991. Wilkes, Maurice V. Pray Mr. Babbage-A character study in dramatic form. Offprint from Annals of the History of Computing 13 (1991). Without wrappers as issued. 147-154pp. 281 x 217 mm. Provenance: Maurice Wilkes. Book Id: 39754

First edition, offprint issue. Wilkes's short dramatic piece, set in 1856 when Babbage was sixty-five years old, "provides us with the opportunity to step back to his day and to see the man separate (as far as he would allow) from his machines" (p. 147). Origins of Cyberspace 1057.

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