To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold... English engineer Charles Babbage (1791-1871) is recognized as the "father of computing" for inventing the first ...

Do you remember Charles Babbage from the first chapter of your earliest computer textbooks? This brilliant mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer whose visionary ideas gave ...

Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents an automatic loom controlled by punch cards. Charles Babbage conceives of a "Difference Engine" in 1820 or 1821. It is a massive steam-powered mechanical calculator ...

The 19th century amateur mathematician, best known for her detailed notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, is often held up as a symbol for women in science. Never more so now than in the ...

The story of computers started a long, long time ago. The first mechanical calculator was built by Charles Babbage. He worked together with Ada Lovelace, who was the world's first computer programmer.