Hands On — Mark Twain: Technologist

Hands On — Mark Twain: Technologist
The "Compositor" of James Paige, the Victorian robotic equivalent of a nimble-fingered, teenage Sam Clemens. The Charles Babbage Difference engine, also a conspicuous failure, was a "mere commonplace" compared to this "awful mechanical miracle."
The “Compositor” of James Paige, the Victorian robotic equivalent of a nimble-fingered, teenage Sam Clemens. The Charles Babbage Difference engine, also a conspicuous failure, was a “mere commonplace” compared to this “awful mechanical miracle.”

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Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling is a science fiction writer and part-time design professor.

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