41. Charles Babbage I would like to find a short biography of Charles Babbage but everything I find is Charles Babbage was a English mathematician who lived from 17911871. http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/van/qa/section/Everything_Else/History/20021014205316.ht

back to list Charles Babbage Q: I would like to find a short biography of Charles Babbage but everything I find is too hard to understand or too detailed. I was wondering if you could give me some information. Thanks. seastar (age ) Melbourne Girls' Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A: Seastar - Charles Babbage was a English mathematician who lived from 1791-1871. He did a lot of important things in mathematics while working at Cambridge University, but he seems to be most famous for his designs for the "Difference Engine #1" and the "Analytical Engine" - these were basically designs for early calculators. The Difference Engine was designed to create mathematical tables and was finally finished in 1854 by George Sheutz, a Swedish printer. It worked surprisingly well. The Analytical Engine was never finished, but was still a brilliant idea. Calculators like these eventually evolved into today's computers, and Charles Babbage has sometimes been called the "father of computing". There are some pretty good biographies online at: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Babbage.html

42. Charles Babbage Biography / Biography Of Charles Babbage Biographies Charles Babbage (17911871) was an English inventor and mathematician whosemathematical machines foreshadowed the modern computer. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/charles-babbage/

Search BookRags.com English History Other Subjects Essays Biographies Research Topics eBooks Register Login Help Literature Study Guides ... Games Welcome, Guest Why not Login or Register Biography Navigation Charles Babbage Index Main Biography World of Computer Science Biography Foundations of Computer Science Biography World of Mathematics Biography Mathematics Biography History of Invention Biography 1800 To 1899: Mathematics Biography 1800 To 1899: Technology and Invention Biography How to Cite Order the PDF Home Biography Charles Babbage Biographies Complete Biographical Resource See related items by keyword: cambridge machine engine private tutor ... feedback mechanisms Name: Charles Babbage Birth Date: Death Date: October 18, 1871 Place of Birth: Totnes, Devonshire, England Nationality: English Gender: Male Occupations: mathematician, inventor Charles Babbage Biographies The following biographies focus on different aspects of Charles Babbage's life and work. All biographies listed are included in the Charles Babbage Biography Pass. Main Biography (1.3 pages)

43. Babbage, Charles (Norwegian Writers' Web) Norwegian Writers Center Norwegian Association of Literary Translators.Babbage, Charles United Kingdom 17911871. E-text Project Gutenberg http://www.litteraturnettet.no/b/babbage.charles.asp?lang=gb&type=

44. Babbage, Charles (Litteraturnettet) Forbund Norsk Forfattarsentrum Norsk Oversetterforening OM VIRUS OG SPAM.Babbage, Charles Storbritannia 17911871. E-tekst Project Gutenberg http://www.litteraturnettet.no/b/babbage.charles.asp?lang=&type=

45. High-Tech Dictionary Definition Definition for Babbage, Charles (17911871) A British inventor of computingmachines, known as the Father of Computing for his contributions. http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/definition.html?lookup=876

46. CCI Dictionary Definition Definition Babbage, Charles. (17911871) A British inventor of computing machines,known as the Father of Computing for his contributions. http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/secondary_definition.php?lookup

47. OrionRobots : Charles Babbage Charles Babbage(17911871) was an early 18th-19th century mathematician and engineer.He is well known for his Difference Engine - the first successful http://orionrobots.co.uk/tiki-index.php?page=Charles Babbage

48. The History Of Computers: Charles Babbage Charles Babbage 17911871. Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Teignmouth,Devonshire, UK as the son of a banker called Benjamin Babbage. http://www2.fht-esslingen.de/studentisches/Computer_Geschichte/grp2/babbage.html

Charles Babbage Charles Babbage 1791-1871 Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Teignmouth, Devonshire, UK as the son of a banker called Benjamin Babbage. Some people know him as the "Father of Computing" as a result of his contributions to the basic design of the computer. A major contribution was his Analytic Machine. Before he built this he produced the Difference Engine which operated on 6-digit numbers, and was designed to solve 2nd order difference equations. Difference engine built by Babbage in 1832 However, only a few people knew who he was when he died in 1871 in London. But nowadays every person studying the history of the computer knows many things about him such as punch cards, chains and subassemblies. Ultimately the logical structure of the modern computer come from him. Near the northern pole of the moon there is even a crater named after Charles Babbage. The analytical engine devised by Charles Babbage included 5 features crucial to future computers: an input device a storage facility to hold numbers for processing a processor or number calculator a control unit to direct tasks to be performed an output device Unfortunately this engine never worked, because the technology of manufacturing exact technical parts was not developed far enough. This inaccuracies kept the machine from working.

49. "Was Babbage's Analytical Engine An Instrument Of Psychological Research?" By C. Charles Babbage (17911871) began work on a mechanical computer that he dubbed Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was the inventor of a number of mechanical http://www.yorku.ca/christo/papers/babbage-berlin.htm

Was Babbage's Analytical Engine an Instrument of Psychological Research? Christopher D. Green York University christo@yorku.ca This paper is an abridgement of "Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine, and the Possibility of a 19th-Century Cognitive Science." In C.D. Green, T. Teo, & M. Shore (Eds.), The Transformation of Psychology (pp. 133-152). Washington D.C. American Psychological Association Press. Abstract Charles Babbage (1791-1871) began work on a mechanical computer that he dubbed the Analytical Engine in the mid-1830s. The machine was to constitute a dramatic improvement on his earlier Difference Engine, which he had originally conceived primarily as a way of automating the process of computing and printing accurate mathematical tables. Almost from the beginning, however, people around Babbage described his inventions in ways that suggest they believed the machines to be endowed with, or at least to closely model, authentic mental powers. Even today, one regularly sees the Analytical Engine cited as an early attempt at computational cognitive science. Babbage himself, however, seems to have steadfastly refrained from making public claims regarding the putative mentality of his machines.

50. Short Biography S Of Famous Not So Babbage, Charles (17911871). Mathmatican and inventor, born in London. He studiedat Cambridge, where he became professor of mathematics (1828-39), http://uk.geocities.com/magoos_universe/biog.htm

Famous People in Science Physics Main Page Home Page Babbage, Charles (1791-1871) Mathmatican and inventor, born in London. He studied at Cambridge, where he became professor of mathematics (1828-39), and spent most of his life attempting to build two calculating machines. His "difference engine" was intended for the calculation of tables of logarithms and similar functions by repeated addition performed by trains of gear wheels. An unfinished portion of the machine is now in the Science Museum, London. His "analytical engine" was designed to perform many different computations, using punched cards. The idea was too ambitious to be realized by the mechanical devices available at the time, but can now be seen to be the essential germ of the electronic computer of today, and Babbage is thus regarded as the pioneer of modern computers. Bateson, Gregory (1904-1980) Anthropologist, born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, son of biologist William Bateson. Studied physical anthropolgy at Cambridge, but made his career in the USA. With Margaret Mead he was involved in the culture-and-personality movement, publishing Balinese Character in 1942. Influenced by cybernetics, he went on to study problems of communication and learning among aquatic mammals and human schizophrenics. Later works include Mind and Nature (1978). Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-82)

51. Charles Babbage John Fauvel, Remembering Charles Babbage (17911871), Interdisciplinary sciencereviews ISR, 17 (1992), 304-308. Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Charles Babbage http://www.dean.usma.edu/math/people/rickey/hm/math311/paper-topics/babbage.html

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 John Fauvel, "Remembering Charles Babbage (1791-1871)," Interdisciplinary science reviews: ISR Ivor Grattan-Guinness, "Charles Babbage as an algorithmic thinker," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 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 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 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.

52. Bibliography For History Of Computing Babbage, Charles (17911871). On the economy of machinery and manufactures.1835 New York, AM Kelley, 1963. GALVIN http://www.iit.edu/~misa/biblios/hist_computing.html

Bibliography for HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND COMPUTING updated November 2, 2004 Thomas J. Misa Department of Humanities Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL 60616 Table of Contents Chronology: Surveys and Historiography Babbage and the Mechanical Vision The Analog Era The Digital Divide ... Networked World (1980-present) Topics and Institutions: MIT Silicon Valley Policy and International Studies SEE ALSO: History of Engineering Global Culture Military Microelectronics Books in IIT's Galvin Library are linked to the Library's computer catalogue: GALVIN WWW sites: Ada Project notable women in computing (at Yale) Annals of the History of Computing . (journal) GALVIN ON-LINE INDEX ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?puNumber=85 Computer Museum History Center IEEE History Center electrical engineering J.A.N. Lee's history of computing (at Virginia Tech) many files Charles Babbage Institute (at U Minn.) a leading center of computer history: its list of WWW sites its 2500-item Software History Bibliography www.stanford.edu/group/mmdd/SiliconValley/ Smithsonian's computer history collection www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/on-line-docs.html

53. THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Series Three: The Papers Of Charles Babbag Charles Babbage (17911871) is widely regarded as the first computer pioneerand the great ancestral figure in the history of computing. http://www.ampltd.co.uk/collections_az/HistSc-3-1/highlights.aspx

@import url(/css/ampstyle.css); @import url(/css/general.css); A B C D ... P Q R S T U V W X Y Z THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Series Three: The Papers of Charles Babbage, 1791-1871 "Charles Babbage (1791-1871) is widely regarded as the first computer pioneer and the great ancestral figure in the history of computing. ... His Analytical Engine conceived in 1834 is one of the startling intellectual feats of the nineteenth century." London Science Museum. Charles Babbage is known to many as the 'Father of Computing' and his close friend and collaborator, Ada Lovelace, is credited with writing the first computer program. Their correspondence is an important element of this collection, which documents his attempts to create a machine incorporating all of the essential elements of a modern day computer and which would outperform men in mathematical calculations. The collection also includes his wide-ranging correspondence with leading scientists and mathematicians throughout the world, making this a valuable source for understanding the culture and competitiveness of science in the Victorian age. There are also papers concerning astronomy, cow-catchers, cyphers, geology, lighthouses, mathematics and the foundation (by Babbage) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

54. Charles Babbage - Wikimedia Commons From Wikimedia Commons. Charles Babbage. en (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871)was a British mathematician. it (17911871) matematico britannico http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage

Wikimedia needs your help in its 21-day fund drive. See our fundraising page for details. Over US$220,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August. Thank you for your generosity! Charles Babbage From Wikimedia Commons Charles Babbage en: (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was a British mathematician. it: (1791-1871) matematico britannico Charles Babbage Charles Babbage's difference engine Retrieved from " http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage Browse categories People by alphabet British mathematicians Views Article Discussion Edit History Personal tools Create an account or log in Navigation Main Page Community portal Village pump Recent changes goodies Latest files Random file Random page Random category Support Help Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link In Wikipedia Catal  Deutsch English Espa±ol ... Svenska This page was last modified 13:05, 24 May 2005. Text is available under GNU Free Documentation License About Wikimedia Commons

55. Charles Babbage Charles Babbage (17911871). Charles Babbage was a prominent British mathematician.At one point, he held the Chair at Cambridge once held by Isaac Newton http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/talk/babbage.html

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Charles Babbage was a prominent British mathematician. At one point, he held the Chair at Cambridge once held by Isaac Newton (and now held by Stephen Hawking). Unfortunately, he feuded a great deal, and never made much progress in actually building the machines which he designed. This was a pity, because his ideas were more than a century ahead of his time. In 1833 he planned a 50-digit machine which would read and write punched cards, and would read its program from cards. Ada Byron, later Countess of Lovelace, actually wrote a program for the planned machine. (This is why the programming language Ada was named after her.) Last modified: 12 August 1995 Back to Computers: Not Just a PC on a Desk

56. History Of Computation - Babbage, Boole, Hollerith One of these, Charles Babbage, will be discussed later in this section. can be found in the efforts of Charles Babbage (17911871) and his co-researcher http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/lect4.html

Mechanical Aids to Computation and the Development of Algorithms 4. 19th Century Contributions and their Impact on Elements of Modern Computers 4.1. Introduction The prototype calculators of the late seventeenth century demonstrated the feasibility of performing lengthy calculations by mechanical methods. Ultimately this demonstration would result in the construction of the modern computer in the form that is common today. We can at this point, however, note a number of elements - both conceptual and concrete - that are missing from the devices considered previously. There is no concept of `program', so that in order to repeat a calculation the same steps must again be performed by hand and separately instantiated for differing input data. Computation is, for the most part, memory less: except in some special cases, partial results must be written down and re-entered when they are to used in completing a calculation. Each step of a calculation requires some manual intervention, thus the computation does not proceed independently of human control. The technology employed is mechanical not electronic.

57. Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Ensimmäinen Edellinen Seuraava Viimeinen Indeksi Teksti. Dia 9 (12) http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~orponen/opetus/ttp/980908/luento/sld009.htm

58. Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Charles Babbage (17911871). Idea logiikan mekanisoinnista. ”Analytical Engine”yksityiskohtainen suunnitelma mekaanisesta, rakenteeltaan pääpiirteissään http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~orponen/opetus/ttp/980908/luento/tsld009.htm

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Idea logiikan mekanisoinnista ”Analytical Engine”: yksityiskohtainen suunnitelma mekaanisesta, rakenteeltaan pääpiirteissään nykyisen kaltaisesta tietokoneesta Ohjelmointi-ideoita: Lady Ada Lovelace (o.s. Byron) Määrärahojen puutteen takia kone ei koskaan valmistunut Funktioiden taulukointiin yksinkertaisempia ”differenssikoneita”: 2 kpl valmistettiin Ruotsissa Edellinen dia Seuraava dia Palaa ensimmäiseen diaan Tarkastele graafista versiota

59. Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility: People Charles Babbage (17911871) - Hitachi SR2201 (Decommissioned 2001) Picture of Charles Babbge Charles Babbage was born in London in 1791. http://www.hpcf.cam.ac.uk/people.html

Machines Cambridge-Cranfield HPCF People The machines owned by the Cambridge-Cranfield HPCF are named after influential scientists. Brief biographies are provided below James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) - Sun Opteron cluster Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) - SunFire 15K Max Perutz (1914-2002) - SunFire 480R Fileserver Douglas Hartree (1897-1958) - IBM SP Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) - SGI Origin 2000 (Decommissioned 2003) Nevill Mott (1905-1996) - SGI Origin 2000 Fileserver (Decommissioned 2003) Charles Babbage (1791-1871) - Hitachi SR2201 (Decommissioned 2001) Alan Turing (1912-1954) - Hitachi S3600 (Decommissioned 1999) Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852) - Hitachi Frontend (Decommissioned 2001) Robert Hooke (1635-1702) - Hitachi Frontend (Decommissioned 2001) James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh in 1831. In 1847 he went to Edinburgh University where he studied under William Hamilton. He came to Cambridge in 1850, first to Peterhouse and then Trinity College. In 1854 he graduated with a degree as second wrangler in mathematics. Having held chairs at Marischal College, Aberdeen and King's College London Maxwell was elected to the Royal Society in 1861 and in 1871 he became the first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge. Maxwell's most celebrated contributions to physics were his work on the kinetic theory of gases and the theory of electromagnetism. The latter included the famous Maxwell equations which admit solutions which are self-propagating waves travelling at the speed of light. He also made contributions to the areas of optics and colour vision. He died in 1879 aged 48.

60. CHARLES BABBAGE (1791-1871) Charles Babbage (17911871). 2.1. Matemaattisten taulukoiden historiaa Kirjapainotaidonkeksimisen myötä matemaattisia taulukoita ei tarvinnut enää kopioida http://cc.oulu.fi/~pulkkine/th_handout01.html

2. CHARLES BABBAGE (1791-1871) 2.1. Matemaattisten taulukoiden historiaa Tables de Cadastres ). Logaritmitaulukoiden tarkkuus oli 19 desimaalia luvuille 1-10000 ja 14 desimaalia luvuille 10001-200000. 2.2. Babbagen erotuskone Babbage aloitti erotuskoneen ( difference engine Nautical Almanac Nautical Almanac On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Vuosina 1849-52 Babbage laati uudet parannetut suunnitelmat erotuskoneelle. Lontoon tiedemuseo rakensi suunnitelmien pohjalta erotuskoneen, joka valmistui vuonna 1991. 2.3. Scheutzien erotuskone 2.4. Babbagen analyyttinen kone analytical engine 2.5. Lady Ada Lovelace (1815-52) Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage

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