He was born December 26th, 1791 in Teignmouth, Devonshire and died October 18th, 1871, London.
He is most famous for his ideas about building an "analytical engine", the predecessor of the digital computer.
He was a graduate of Cambridge University, and later held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics there.
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Includes reprints of historical documents, Java applet emulator and source code, glossary and other resources.
Gives an introduction to his life and work, along with details of current research on him.
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A biography by J.A.N. Lee. looking at him as a philosopher, politician, Newtonian, and industrialist.
Papers on and relating to the world's first programmable automatic digital calculating machine, invented in 1821. Includes images from the Mechanics' Magazine in which it was first published.
Complete text of the volume by Babbage, part of the Project Gutenberg archive.
Complete text of the volume by Babbage, part of the Project Gutenberg archive.
Papers on and relating to the world's first programmable automatic digital calculating machine, invented in 1821. Includes images from the Mechanics' Magazine in which it was first published.
Gives an introduction to his life and work, along with details of current research on him.
Links and references.
Includes reprints of historical documents, Java applet emulator and source code, glossary and other resources.
A biography by J.A.N. Lee. looking at him as a philosopher, politician, Newtonian, and industrialist.
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