Who created the first computer?
Hi!
Today I'd like to tell you something about Charles Babbage, a person who originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Charles Babbage was born on 26 December 1791. He was a scientist and an engineer. He had the idea of the first programmable computer. He wanted to build a machine that could do calculations without making the mistakes that human "computers" made.
He designed a machine called The Difference Engine, and the British Government provided funds. The machine was never completed because Babbage ran out of money.
Charles Babbage lived and worked for over 40 years in Marylebone, where he died, at the age of 79, of renal inadequacy on 18 October 1871. He was buried in London's Kensal Green Cemetery.
In 1991, a team of engineers from the Science Museum in London built one of Babbage's machines, using his original designs, and it worked perfectly.
Today I'd like to tell you something about Charles Babbage, a person who originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Charles Babbage was born on 26 December 1791. He was a scientist and an engineer. He had the idea of the first programmable computer. He wanted to build a machine that could do calculations without making the mistakes that human "computers" made.
He designed a machine called The Difference Engine, and the British Government provided funds. The machine was never completed because Babbage ran out of money.
Charles Babbage lived and worked for over 40 years in Marylebone, where he died, at the age of 79, of renal inadequacy on 18 October 1871. He was buried in London's Kensal Green Cemetery.
In 1991, a team of engineers from the Science Museum in London built one of Babbage's machines, using his original designs, and it worked perfectly.
If you want to know more about Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine, I recommend you watching this film! :)
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