James Essinger

Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age is a book by James Essinger.

Spellbound: The Surprising Origins and Astonishing Secrets of English Spelling is a book by James Essinger.

“[Ada Lovelace], like Steve Jobs, stands at the intersection of arts and technology."—Walter Isaacson, author of The InnovatorsOver 150 years after her death, a widely-used scientific computer program was named “Ada,” after Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of the eighteenth century’s version of a rock star, …