The following books look as if i might want to read them too (oh yes, like i so much need ANOTHER book on my "too read"-stash)
The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer by Doron Swade (2000) Three Men on the Beagle by Richard Lee Marks (1991) Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo by Clara Pinto-Correia (2003) Deadly Beautiful: The World's Most Beautiful and Poisonous Animals and Plants by Laurence Gad (1980) The Nature Companion's Rocks, Fossils, and Dinosaurs (2002) Cabal by Clive Barker (1988)
I'd especially love to have your comment, if the difference engine book is worth buying
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The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer by Doron Swade (2000)
Three Men on the Beagle by Richard Lee Marks (1991)
Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo by Clara Pinto-Correia (2003)
Deadly Beautiful: The World's Most Beautiful and Poisonous Animals and Plants by Laurence Gad (1980)
The Nature Companion's Rocks, Fossils, and Dinosaurs (2002)
Cabal by Clive Barker (1988)
I'd especially love to have your comment, if the difference engine book is worth buying