Charles Babbage: 11 books

THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES BABBAGE contains two short works by the father of the modern computer, Charles Babbage.  These works, ON THE ECONOMY OF MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES and REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND are DRM free and include an active table of contents for easy navigation....

2 works of Charles Babbage English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer (1791-1871) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Charles Babbage. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: -...

Charles Babbage, FRS (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the...

Regarded as a crackpot by his contemporaries and a genius by modern scientists, Charles Babbage (1792–1871) was the true discoverer of the principles on which all modern computing machines are based. His achievements have been virtually forgotten, but this compilation of his writings, in addition...

Charles Babbage is considered by many the father of computing, building the first programmable computer, his difference engine. This is a fascinating and readable account of how this genius saw that machinery could help improve the economy.

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

WHAT is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it. My earliest visit to the Continent taught me the value of such a basket, filled with the name of my venerable friend the first Herschel, ere yet my younger friend his son, had adorned his distinguished patronymic...

HAD I INTENDED TO DEDICATE THIS VOLUME, I SHOULD HAVE INSCRIBED IT TO A NOBLEMAN WHOSE EXERTIONS IN PROMOTING EVERY OBJECT THAT CAN ADVANCE SCIENCE REFLECT LUSTRE UPON HIS RANK. BUT THE KINDNESS OF HIS NATURE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PAINED AT HAVING HIS NAME CONNECTED WITH STRICTURES, PERHAPS TOO SEVERELY JUST....

Of the causes which have induced me to print this volume I have little to say; my own opinion is, that it will ultimately do some service to science, and without that belief I would not have undertaken so thankless a task. That it is too true not to make enemies, is an opinion in which I concur with...