@beka_valentine I picture:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle
Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)
By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his
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.