# The greatest machine that never was

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxImperialCollege
- Speaker: John Graham-Cumming
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Engineering, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/john_graham_cumming_the_greatest_machine_that_never_was)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The greatest machine that never was](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/john_graham_cumming_the_greatest_machine_that_never_was/72a49e17de32), 12 min (TED's player)