Englishman Charles Babbage (1791–1871), an eccentric, ingenious mathematician, decided that existing tables of computations included far too many errors: the day's textbooks came with errata sheets ...

Charles Babbage was born on 26 December 1791, probably in London, the son of a banker. He was often unwell as a child and was educated mainly at home. By the time he went to Cambridge University in ...

ON THE 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Babbage, we retrace the footsteps of the brilliant but irascible British inventor, mathematician and engineer. Host Kenneth Cukier investigates why ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1840, the English mathematician ...

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A Programmer's Guide. By F. J. Corbató, M. M. Daggett, R. C. Daley, R. J. Creasey, J. D. Hellwig, R. H. Orenstein and L. K. Korn. Pp. x + 96. (Cambridge, Mass.: The ...

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Excerpted from Beyond Eureka! The Rocky Roads to Innovating by Marylene Delbourg-Delphis, with a foreword by Guy Kawasaki (Georgetown University Press). Lord Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace (1815–52), ...

Ada Lovelace is having a moment. The Victorian mathematician and proto-computer programmer has long been one of precious few historical role models for scientifically inclined young girls; but as the ...

Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on unlined paper with a color printed letterhead and the word "Lundi." Charles Babbage KH FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and ...

Brain teasers are fun little puzzles that challenges your thinking and makes you think various outcomes. These puzzles are simple to look but they always hide a twist that surprises you. Solving a ...