Resource Page for "Charles Babbage and Induction in Computer Science"

This is the resource page for the course Charles Babbage and Induction in Computer Science presented at OCON 2013 by Martin F. Johansen.

Contents

• A Few Quotes from Babbage's Autobiography
• A Few Quotes from Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage
• Here are a few relevant images including descriptions.
• Technical Resources
  • Charles Babbage's Foundation for Computer Science—Primary Sources
  • Some Tables of Contents of Babbage's Autobiography
  • Table of Contents of Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage
  • Some Technical Specifications of the Analytical Engine

Links to Other Recommended Resources

• On-line museum celebrating Babbage's Analytical Engine by John Walker. It includes various articles and a simulator of the Analytical Engine that can be programmed authentically.
• Babbage's Autobiography Passages from the life of a philosopher is available freely.
• The article The Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage is available here in web layout.
• There is a video of Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 in motion on YouTube.
• There is a project going to build the Analytical Engine from Babbage Plan 28 called Plan 28.
• Description of State of the Art Computers At Babbage's Time
  • YouTube Video on How Pascal's Pascaline Works
  • YouTube Video on How Thomas de Colmar's Arithmometer works including automatic addition and substraction, and semi-automatic multiplication

Copyright © 2013, Martin F. Johansen