Books
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Ada's algorithm | James Essinger | Behind every great man, there's a great woman; no other adage more aptly describes the relationship between Charles Babbage, the man credited with thinking up the concept of the programmable computer… | OL19988056W |
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The Difference Engine | Doron Swade | "In 1821 an inventor and mathematician, Charles Babbage, was poring over a set of mathematical tables. Finding error after error Babbage exclaimed, "I wish to God these calculations had been executed… | OL7988033W |