Charles Babbage (Father of the Computer) difference engine, Science Museum, London, United Kingdom (© Steven Vidler/Corbis)
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- Time to celebrate Computer Science Education Week! The observance centers around the birthday today...""Of an inspirational computer pioneer
- This cog- and gear-filled gizmo is considered the world\s first automatic computer.""It may seem quaint to modern minds, but in the 1800s, it was revolutionary
- In the early 1800s, an Englishman laid the groundwork for modern computers by designing “difference engines,” but the devices were never fully built.""More than a century later, this one was finally constructed in London, and it works perfectly
- We don\t often think of technology as art...""But a close look at circuit boards can reveal an elegant, almost alien landscape
