Charles Babbage, 1791-1875.

This pioneer in computing is also a most interesting individual. You will enjoy investigating his life and work.

 

  • Michael Davis, "Righting the early history of computing, or how sausage was made," The Mathematical Intelligencer, 16:4 (1994), 21-26.

  • John Fauvel, "Remembering Charles Babbage (1791-1871)," Interdisciplinary science reviews: ISR, 17 (1992), 304-308.

  • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, "Charles Babbage as an algorithmic thinker," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 14:3 (1992), 34-48.

  • Galvin Hitchcock, "The "Grand Entertainement": Dramatising the birth and development of mathematical concepts," For the Learning of Mathematics, 12 (1992), 21-27. Abstracted CMJ Media Highlights, 24 (1993), 103

  • Velma R. Huskey and Harry D. Huskey, "Lady Lovelace and Charles Babbage," Annals of the History of Computing, 2 (1980), 299-329.

  • R. Anthony Hyman, "Whiggism in the History of Science and the Study of the Life and Work of Charles Babbage," Annals of the History of Computing, 12:1 (1990), 62-67.

  • Roger Webster, "Charles Babbage: The man behind the machines," Mathematical Spectrum, 24:2 (1991/92), 33-41. Abstracted in the CMJ Media Highlights, 23 (1992), 443-444.

     

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