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Charles Babbage and Difference Enginge No. 2 | Doron Swade | Talks at Google

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What it is

Historian Doron Swade tells the story of Charles Babbage's quest to build the Difference Engine and the construction of Difference Engine No. 2 at the Science Museum. The talk covers Babbage's motivation, his machines and Ada Lovelace's insight into the Analytical Engine.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as a source on Babbage's machines, especially for the section around minute 36 on Ada Lovelace's insight beyond numeric computation.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Babbage historian Doron Swade's discussion of her insight into potential applications of the Analytical Engine beyond numeric calculation”

    Swade on Ada's insight beyond numeric calculation

    jsqr, 2012-12 · Recommendation · in “Happy birthday, Ada Lovelace — the first computer programmer”

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Topics: charles babbage, difference engine, ada lovelace, analytical engine, doron swade

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