Anecdote About Charles Babbage You Might Not Know
Babbage is considered the Father of modern computers. He had his fair share of adventure a virtue of any Victorian mathematician.
Early Life and Inventions:
Charles Babbage was born in London in 1792 and was a bright student of mathematics from an early age. He did his higher studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. Babbage developed himself into a polymath with interests in Maths, Philosophy, and Mechanical engineering. He dabbled between various inventions like a seismograph, black box for trains, or even an altitude meter. Charles Babbage once lowered himself into a volcano. He baked himself at 265F to observe the effects of heat on the human body. He wrote a book on how to cook on the moon.
Difference Engine:
Babbage came closer to a mechanical calculator due to his immense interest in statistics. He is a man who can sleep over thousands of data for even months to find a pattern in it. He looked into the data of a zoo, lumber shed, or even how many times the glass windows broke in a factory. Charles…
