Empire of the Sum

Empire of the Sum

By
Keith Houston
Keith Houston
2023

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.

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