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Brass Cogs and Virtual Steam

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Brass Cogs and Virtual Steam:   A Steampunk Cycle of Inspiration Photo from BBC I love my Acorn Media streaming account! Why? Because it brings me the BEST British documentaries. I'm kinda obsessed with them. I watch...a LOT. Mostly about the ancient world, but one of my recent favorites is Calculating Ada a BBC 4 documentary presented by fellow ginger, the imminently engaging Maths Professor Ms. Hannah Fry @FryRsquared who, according to her Twitter profile is, "All math and no trousers." In the documentary she briefly interviews the graphic novel artist @sydneypadua  which led me to her webpage ! Now I'm going to buy her hardback book  titled " The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer " for the Coastal Cottage. I imagine it inspiring a budding Mathematician or Scientist or Steampunk. Hopefully of the girl persuasion but I'm an equal opportunity book pusher. Here's a delicious s...