Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles BabbageCambridge University Press, 1989 M05 18 - 356 pages Charles Babbage was a key figure of a great era of British history. Best remembered for his pioneering Difference and Analytical Engines, forerunners of the modern computer, Babbage was also an active reformer of science and society. |
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