208 - Charles Babbage
Feb 07, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 208
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Episode description
Charles Babbage was a 19th century inventor and polymath who is most famous for inventing the programmable digital computer in a purely mechanical as opposed to electrical form. He was joined by Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, who was an early visionary with ideas about the application of computers beyond mere calculation.
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