Here, master storyteller James Essinger show through a series of remarkable historical ties and carefully examine how the Jacquard loom kick-start the process of scientific evolution which would lead directly to the development of modern computers. 1804 discovery of jacquard, a loom that uses punch cards with instructions that are stored for different weaving patterns and designs, allowing the master silk-weavers of Lyons to weave fabrics 25 times faster than the competition. The book ends with a story that is really up-to-date with the latest developments on the World Wide Web and interesting phenomenon of artificial intelligence. Attractive illustrations and narrated strong, Jacquard's Web provides eye-opening and almost unknown to history that will prove interesting to readers of popular science, especially those interested in the history of science, technology, and computing, as well as professional scientists, historians, and students.