Science and Reform | Selected Works of Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage

ISBN 10: 0521036763 / ISBN 13: 9780521036764

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Science and Reform | Selected Works of Charles Babbage | Charles Babbage | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2007 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9780521036764 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science and Reform | Selected Works of Charles Babbage
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521036763
• ISBN 13: 9780521036764
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 20D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 635 grams
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Synopsis

Charles Babbage, considered the founding father of the computer, was a key figure during a great era of British history. Best remembered for his pioneering work on analytical and difference engines, the forerunners of the modern computer, Babbage was also an active campaigner for reform in both science and society. Babbage's wide-ranging interests ran from economic theory and statistics, to lighthouse signalling and postal services. His book, Reflections on the Decline of Science in England and Some of its Causes (1830) reflected his attempts to reorganize and control the conduct of scientific activity at a national level. In addition, he published widely on theoretical and practical science and social reform. In this book, Anthony Hyman, the acknowledged expert on Babbage's life and work, has selected passages from these many publications--reflecting his innovative scientific work and his thoughts on such subjects as taxation, abolition of life peerage and the assurance of lives--subjects which anticipated the preoccupations of present day society.

Book Description

Charles Babbage was a key figure of a great era of British history. Best remembered for his pioneering Difference and Analytical Engines, forerunners of the modern computer, Babbage was also an active reformer of science and society.