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The greatest machine that never was

John Graham-Cumming · TED

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About

Computer science began in the '30s ... the 1830s. John Graham-Cumming tells the story of Charles Babbage's mechanical, steam-powered "analytical engine" and how Ada Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron, saw beyond its simple computational abilities to imagine the future of computers.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxImperialCollege
Speaker
John Graham-Cumming
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Engineering, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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