Empire of the Sum
The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 374 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
This history of the pocket calculator reveals how the device was designed and invented, and how it ushered in modern mathematics and contributed to both the creation of the atomic bomb and the mission to land men on the moon.
ISBN:
9780393882148
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TECH Hou | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-362) and index.