Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage (/ˈbæbɪdʒ/; 26 de decembre 1791 – 18 de octobre 1871) era un polymatha anglese. Un mathematico, philosopho, inventor, ingeniero e academico, ille es plus famose como un pionero de computation.
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| Sexo | mascule |
| Nascentia | 1791-12-26, 1791 (Walworth) |
| Decesso | 1871-10-18, 1871 (Marylebone) |
| Causa de decesso | insufficientia renal[*] |
| Loco de reposo | Kensal Green Cemetery[*] |
| Citatania | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[*] |
| Educate in | Peterhouse[*], Trinity College[*], Totnes Grammar School[*], King Edward VI Community College[*] |
| Occupation | mathematico, computer scientist[*], inventor, economista[*], philosopho[*], professor universitari[*], ingeniero[*], Astronomo, scriptor |
| Obras notabile | analytical engine[*] |
| Religion | Christianismo |
| Conjuge | Georgiana Whitmore[*] |
| Infantes | Benjamin Babbage[*], Henry Babbage[*] |
| Premios | Fellow of the Royal Society[*], Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[*], Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[*], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[*], Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order[*] |
| Lingua | anglese |
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| ISNI | 0000000108645872 |
| VIAF | 4963723 |
| Commons | Charles Babbage |
Babbage creava le designo del prime computator mechanic − un "motor de differentias". Ille designava etiam un "motor analytic", que introduceva le concepto de un computator programmabile con usages foras arithmetic. Le machinas non era realisate, ma iste obras era le fundation del conceptos del computatores electric del futuro. Un modello functionante de un ingenio de differentias era completate in 1991, e le machina opperava succeditemente.
Babbage etiam contribueva obras in le campos de astronomia, cryptographia, metrologia, recerca operational, economia politic e theologia, e adjutava planar le posta public.