差分机
The Difference Engine
Doron Swade · 初版 2000 年
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“1821 年，发明家兼数学家 Charles Babbage 正在仔细研读一套数学表。发现一个又一个错误后，Babbage 惊呼：‘我向上帝祈求这些计算能用蒸汽执行。’他的沮丧不仅仅是因为手动核对计算表那磨人的繁琐劳动，还因为这些表令人望而生畏的不可靠性。科学、工程、建筑、银行和保险都依赖计算表。靠星辰导航的船只依赖它们在海上定位。”。“Babbage 投身于一项宏伟的事业，设计和建造机械
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我昨天刚读完《The Difference Engine》，一整本讲这个项目的书，还是项目负责人写的！https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Charles-Babbage-Com...（不幸的是，在 Google 搜索结果里被 William Gibson 的……盖过了风头）
I just finished reading The Difference Engine yesterday, an entire book about this project, by the project lead! https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Charles-Babbage-Com... (unfortunately overshadowed in Google Search results by a William Gibson…
问题在于存在公差难题。Doron Swade 关于建造现存两台差分机 2 号模型的记述（http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670910201/donhosek）很好地说明了挑战所在。用 19 世纪的技术勉强才可能做到。物理机构……
The catch is that there are tolerance issues. Doron Swade's account of building the two existing Difference Engine #2 models (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670910201/donhosek) is a good example of where the challenges lie. It was just barely possible to do with 19th century technology. Physical mechanisms…
你可以读 Doron Swade 的书来了解更多关于 Babbage 和他的机器的内容。http://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Charles-Babbage-Comp...
You can read the books by Doron Swade to know more about Babbage and his machine. http://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Charles-Babbage-Comp...
……个人计算的起源！这是我从 Jaron Lanier 和 Kevin Kelly 那里学到的，他们推荐了 John Markoff 的《What The Dormouse Said》：http://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Personal-Computer-e...《The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer》是本小书，但读起来也很有趣。技术史学家、伦敦科学博物馆副馆长 Doron Swade 争分夺秒地建造一台复制品……
…origins of personal computing! This I learned from Jaron Lanier and Kevin Kelly, who recommended John Markoff's What The Dormouse Said: http://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Personal-Computer-e... The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer is a short book but also a fun read. Doron Swade, technology historian and assistant director of London's Science Museum, races to build a copy…
大约 13 年前有一本书出版，作者是主持为伦敦科学博物馆重建差分机项目的人，书名叫《The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer》[1]。我不太推荐它，因为其中一半（或更多）是关于 Doron Swade 的……
There's a book that was published about 13 years ago by the man leading the program to rebuild the difference engine for London's Science Museum called, "The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer" [1]. I can't really recommend it, since half (or more) of it is about Doron Swade…
在《The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer》[1]一书中，作者 Doron Swade 提出，Babbage 晚年饱受耳鸣[2]之苦，正是这驱使他向嘈杂的街头宣战……
In the book "The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer" [1], author Doron Swade argued that Babbage suffered from tinnitus [2] in his old age and that's what drove him to wage war on noisy street…