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You know you want this badass Victorian scientist to glower at you from a corner of your desk accompanied by her…
Apr 17 2015
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Ada Lovelace is now most famously known as the mother of computer science, but during her lifetime, she was also…
Mar 5 2015
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Charles Babbage was one of the fathers of computing, but in addition to his fascination with mathematics and…
Jun 23 2013
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From the abacus to the IBM personal computer, calculating devices have come a long way. Let's take a look through…
Dec 27 2012
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Charles Babbage was known as the guy who invented the difference engine and was one of the founders of modern…
Nov 30 2012
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Charles Babbage's difference engine—the mechanical precursor to today's digital computers—is a beautifully intricate…
Oct 20 2012
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Tuesday was Ada Lovelace Day, a day when we celebrate women in science and remember the contributions of Augusta Ada…
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19th century inventor Charles Babbage never lived to finish his analytical engine, a punchcard computer that was…
Oct 15 2010
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Not even IMDB seems to know whether Zooey Deschanel has been cast as Ada Lovelace in Enchantress of Numbers, but…
Mar 28 2010
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In real life, Charles Babbage was a relatively unknown inventor who pioneered early computers. In modern alternate…
Jul 20 2009
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If Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had managed to complete the Analytical Engine and usher in an age of Victorian…
May 1 2008
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For those who haven't yet heard, a band of number-crunching nostalgists took the concept design for Charles…
Apr 18 2008
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The London Science Museum finally completed work on the Victorian era's greatest supercomputer, the Difference…