Episode 7
Episode 7: A Tea Party, a Traveling Salesman, and Artificial Ants
Rare Book Chat · Jeremy O'Connor and Michael DiRuggiero
November 1, 202421m 38s
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Show Notes
In this episode, we explore a delightful tea party invitation that connects Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and Michael Faraday. The conversation then transitions to a rare first edition from 1832, which addresses a fundamental challenge in computational theory, one so perplexing that researchers have enlisted artificial ants to help sniff out a solution. For links to the items discussed in this episode, visit rarebookchat.com.
Topics
rare booksbooksartsculturebook collecting