In 1837, British mathematician Charles Babbage produced the very first description of a computer. He called it the analytical engine and spent the rest of his life refining, but never completing, it.
An exhibition showcasing the work and life of Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace opens at the Science Museum in London this week. Ms Lovelace is widely described as the world's first computer ...
From the Publisher: Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine captures the extraordinary surge of energy and invention that catapulted 19th-century England into the ...
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