TY - BOOK AU - Collier,Bruce AU - MacLachlan,James H. TI - Charles Babbage and the engines of perfection SN - 0195089979 AV - QA29.B2 C65 1998 U1 - 510/.92B 21 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Babbage, Charles, KW - Mathematicians KW - England KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Computers KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index N2 - Traces the life and work of the man whose nineteenth century inventions led to the development of the computer ER -