Mr. Babbage's secret: the tale of a cypher-and APL
Mr. Babbage's secret: the tale of a cypher-and APL
The evolution of Babbage's calculating engines
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Charles Babbage's Table of Logarithms (1827)
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
The confluence of ideas in 1936
A half-century survey on The Universal Turing Machine
Science and reform (selected works of Charles Babbage)
Science and reform (selected works of Charles Babbage)
Work for the Hairdressers: The Production of de Prony's Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Modern Computer
Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Modern Computer
Mathematical Work of Charles Babbage
Mathematical Work of Charles Babbage
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Charles Babbage: On the Principle and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings
Charles Babbage: On the Principle and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings
Dependable and Historic Computing
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While the career of Charles Babbage (1791-1871) shows a remarkable range of interests, strong threads bind together several of the principal ones: algorithmic thinking, with intimate links to algebra and to semiotics. The links connect especially his mathematical researches in functional equations with his work on mathematical tables and on calculating machines, but they are evident also in some of his social and industrial concerns. Evidence is presented to show that Babbage was consciously aware of at least some of these links. Attention to them casts light upon his achievements.