BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871).
An encyclopedia entry for British mathematician and philosopher Charles Babbage is presented. He was born on December 26, 1791 in London, England, and died there on October 18, 1871. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, then transferred to Peterhouse College, where he graduated first in his cla...
| Publicado en: | Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy Vol. 1; pp. 182 - 187 |
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| Formato: | Reference Entry |
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2006
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| Sumario: | An encyclopedia entry for British mathematician and philosopher Charles Babbage is presented. He was born on December 26, 1791 in London, England, and died there on October 18, 1871. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, then transferred to Peterhouse College, where he graduated first in his class with a bachelor of arts degree. In 1822, he completed a working model of his calculating machine, and announced his invention in a paper that he presented to the Royal Astronomical Society. |
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