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Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
"[A] lively, entertaining history." -New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice
The hidden history of the pocket calculator-a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, and went with us to the moon-and the mathematicians, designers, and inventors who brought it to life.
Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathem...
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