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Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Late Charles Babbage Esq. F.R.S., Paperback Book

Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Late Charles Babbage Esq. F.R.S. Paperback

Part of the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint series

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Written but never published during his lifetime, this memoir of the founding father of computing is an indispensable primary source of information about Babbage's personal character and work.

It brings to light his astonishingly wide range of interests, from mathematics to political economy and social reform, and dispels the myth of an "irascible" and "eccentric" personality, helping to clarify Babbage's position in the history of science.

Buxton's memoir was written between 1872 and 1880 and is volume 13 in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing.

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