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Babbage & Lovelace: The designer of the analytical engine and its programmer
A talk on Charles Babbage and Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, The designer of the analytical engine (the first computer) and its programmer.
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- Slide 1: Charles Babbage and Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace The designer of the analytical engine and its programmer
- Slide 2: Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871) \"All careers were open to such a man. In any he must have succeeded. Unhappily for himself, he chose a path which ... led only to loss of fortune and embitterment of mind.” Obituary of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Slide 3: Education, Achievements • Rich family, received good education • At university, promoted Leibnizian over Newtonian calculus: \"The Principles of D-ism in opposition to the Dot-age of the University\" • \"His love of humour was so strong a characteristic that, to omit it, is to omit half the man\"
