Babbage, Charles Pioneers History

He was born December 26th, 1791 in Teignmouth, Devonshire and died October 18th, 1871, London. He was a graduate of Cambridge University, and later held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics there.

• Top/Computers/History/Pioneers/Lovelace, Ada

• Wired Archive: Charles Babbage - Stories involving Babbage.
  
• SJSU Virtual Museum - Photograph and short biography.
  
• The Babbage Pages - Gives an introduction to his life and work, along with details of current research on him.
  
• Charles Babbage - Links and references.
  
• The Analytical Engine - Includes reprints of historical documents, Java applet emulator and source code, glossary and other resources.
  
• Charles Babbage's First Difference Engine - 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.
  
• Reflections on the Decline of Science in England and on Some of Its Causes - Complete text of the volume by Babbage, part of the Project Gutenberg archive.
  
  

Copyright © 1995-2009 Internet Advertising Solutions, Inc.
Copyright Notice | Privacy Policy | Site Map | APR