Jacquard's Web tell one of the greatest untold stories of science: how the Jacquard loom, invented in 1804 by a weaver and ex-soldier named Joseph-Marie Jacquard, caused a revolution in the potential of machinery that is still going on today. in this fascinating and engaging tale, James Essinger traces the 200 year evolution of Jacquard's idea from the studio of eighteen-century French weavers,…