Download or read book The Difference Engine written by William Gibson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The computer age has arrived a century ahead of time with Charles Babbage's perfection of his Analytical Engine. The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the development of steam-driven cybernetic Engines, is in full and drastic swing. Great Britain, with her calculating-cannons, steam dreamnoughts, machine-guns and information technology, prepares to better the world's lot . . .