@beka_valentine I picture:

#TheBaroqueCycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in

#TheSystemOfTheWorld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)

By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his

#Cryptonomicon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

We still use the purely theoretical #TuringMachine as a base measure of a computional system.

So often it takes a concentration of resources, enabling an inventor to try and fail, over and over again, often at great expense.