Babbage, Charles
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Babbage, Charles (1792–1871). Babbage made the first (clockwork) computers. He studied mathematics at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and in 1828 was elected to the Lucasian chair of mathematics. He hoped to eliminate errors in mathematical tables by calculating them mechanically, and in 1834 oversaw the construction of his difference engine. Before it was finished, he saw how much more powerful it would be as an analytical engine, but the government cut off finance: the principles were later realized electronically.
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Charles Babbage: the man who saw the future.(History lesson)
Magazine article from: European Business Forum; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Mathematician, scientist and economist, Charles Babbage is usually described as the inventor...in management relies utterly on Babbage's invention, so much so that...also, and far ahead of his time, Babbage understood the role that knowledge...
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Even before electronics, computers crashed: The struggle to create a computer consumed Charles Babbage's life.(Features)(Books)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 9/6/2001; 700+ words
; ...In 1821, British mathematician Charles Babbage was cross-checking tables for...their essential truth. And while Babbage departed the world in bitter obscurity...edition. The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First...
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Charles Babbage.(cientifico britanico)(TT: Charles Babbage.)(TA: British scientist)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...200 aos atrs, el universitario Charles Babbage, apenas veinteaero en 1811...Desafortunadamente la muerte sorprendi a Babbage en 1871, antes de poder terminar...error alguno. El "luntico" Charles Babbage, despus de todo, s haba alcanzado...
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The world's latest computer.(Charles Babbage's 19th-century pioneering computer duplicated for his 200th birth anniversary)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/5/1998; 700+ words
; ...successful of industries, was Charles Babbage, a 19th-century British mathematician...calculation aids at the time, Babbage dreamed of building a mechanical...difference engine'' built to Babbage's design. Babbage will have...
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Silicon Valley Technical Institute Receives Charles Babbage Grant From Synopsys.
PR Newswire; 3/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...SVTI) is the recipient of a Charles Babbage grant from Synopsys through Synopsys...electronic industry, worldwide. The Charles Babbage grant gives SVTI software licenses...curriculum. As a result of the Charles Babbage grant, SVTI faculty will be...
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Purdue University Receives Charles Babbage Grant From Synopsys And Sun Microsystems.
PR Newswire; 3/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...University is the recipient of a Charles Babbage Grant. Purdue will receive 50...challenge through programs like the Charles Babbage Grant which provides select universities...fabrication processes. "Receiving the Charles Babbage Grant furthers the development...
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Charles Babbage Foundation Names Industry Veteran Luanne Johnson as First Full-time President.
Business Wire; 12/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002 The Charles Babbage Foundation (CBF), a nonprofit...financial and advisory support to the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI), the historical...she founded in 1971. About the Charles Babbage Foundation is a nonprofit California...
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Purdue University Gets Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys and Sun
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 4/1/2006; 416 words
; ...2006 Purdue University Gets Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys and Sun WIRELESS...2006-Purdue University Gets Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys and Sun...University is the recipient of a Charles Babbage Grant. Purdue will receive 50...
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How to capture an eclipse of the sun; Charles Babbage - inventor of the computer - sends out a team to photograph a rare shadow.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 12/30/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: Ron Charles Shadows have sat in the shade of a...the bombastic British mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871). Among his many projects...also by hopping back periodically to Charles Babbage's salon, where the eccentric inventor...
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The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer.(Review)
Magazine article from: Book; 9/1/2001; ; 485 words
; The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer DORON SWADE...It tells the story of mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage, who, in 1821, came up with the idea for a machine...
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Charles Babbage
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles Babbage Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was an English inventor and mathematician whose mathematical machines foreshadowed the modern computer. He was a pioneer in the scientific analysis of production systems. Charles Babbage was born...
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Babbage, Charles
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles Babbage Born: December 26, 1791London, EnglandDied...English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage was an English inventor and mathematician...processes. A bright, curious child Charles Babbage was born on December 26, 1791, in...
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Babbage’s, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...computer and video game system platforms. Babbage ’ s product line consists of over...also sells computer accessories and supplies. Babbage ’ s, named for Charles Babbage, the nineteenth-century British mathematician...
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Boole & Babbage, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...The Early Years Boole & Babbage was founded in 1967 by two men...neither of them were named Boole or Babbage. The company was started by Ken...inventor of Boolean algebra, and Charles Babbage, inventor of the first computer...
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Analytical Engine
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...early 1800s, mathematician Charles Babbage (1791–1871) conceived...computer of today. see also Babbage, Charles; Lovelace, Ada Byron King...Countess of. Tom Wall Bibliography Babbage, Charles. The Works of Charles Babbage...
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