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NPR: Charles Babbage’s ‘Difference Engine’; a computer designed in the steam age

“I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!” – Charles Babbage, the 19th-century man who, with better luck and political skill, could’ve brought the information age to the Victorians. This fascinating story from NPR (“A 19th-Century Mathematician… Continue reading

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