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Charles Babbage
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may have spent his life in vain, trying to make a machine
considered by most of his friends to be ridiculous. 150 years ago, Babbage drew
hundreds of drawings projecting the fundamentals on which today's computers are
founded. But the technology was not there to meet his dreams. He was born on
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....en years, of which only three sons would
survive to maturity. Babbage really took no interest in raising his children.
After Georgina died at the age of 35, his mother took over the upbringing. In
1816, Babbage had his first taste of failure when his application for the
professorship of mathematics at East India College in Haileybury was rejected
due to political reasons, as was his application, three years later, for the
chair of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. Fortunately, his eld.... |
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