Charles Babbage
Channel: Ananas Science
Date: 2017-02-24

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Charles Babbage (26 December 1791– 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage is best remembered for originating the concept of a digital programmable computer.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0.  Introduction (00:00:00)
1.  Early life (00:00:56)
2.  At the University of Cambridge (00:02:59)
3.  After Cambridge (00:04:15)
............3.1.  Astronomical Society (00:07:14)
............3.2.  British Lagrangian School (00:09:14)
4.  Academic (00:11:46)
............4.1.  "Declinarians", learned societies and the BAAS (00:13:59)
............4.2.  ''On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures'' (00:15:59)
........................4.2.1.  "Babbage principle" (00:17:42)
........................4.2.2.  Publishing (00:18:52)
........................4.2.3.  Influence (00:19:19)
............4.3.  Natural theology (00:21:12)
............4.4.   Religious views  (00:23:40)
5.  Later life (00:25:58)
............5.1.  Metrology programme (00:27:07)
............5.2.  Engineer and inventor (00:28:10)
............5.3.  Cryptography (00:29:24)
............5.4.  Public nuisances (00:30:56)
6.  Computing pioneer (00:32:21)
............6.1.  Background on mathematical tables (00:33:24)
............6.2.  Difference engine (00:35:28)
........................6.2.1.  Completed models (00:37:22)
............6.3.  Analytical Engine (00:37:54)
............6.4.  Ada Lovelace and Italian followers (00:39:02)
............6.5.  Swedish followers (00:40:07)
............6.6.  Legacy (00:40:37)
7.  Death (00:41:50)
............7.1.   Autopsy report  (00:42:20)
8.  In fiction and film (00:42:44)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage
Date: 02/23/2017

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