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Author Houston, W. W. K. (W. W. Keith), author.

Title Empire of the sum : the rise and reign of the pocket calculator / Keith Houston.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3079757~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  510.285 HOU    AVAILABLE
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Description 374 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-362) and index.
Subject Pocket calculators -- History.
ISBN 9780393882148 hc.
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