English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)

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Charles Babbage. Wood engraving after T.D. Scott, 1871.

Charles Babbage. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841.

Charles Babbage. Stipple engraving by R. Roffe, 1833.

Charles Babbage. Lithograph by D. Castellini after C. E. Liverati, 1841.

Charles Babbage and his rejected ophthalmoscope / [Charles Snyder].

The cogwheel brain : Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer / Doron Swade.

Charles Babbage : pioneer of the computer / by Anthony Hyman.

A chapter on street nuisances : extracted from Passages in the life of a philosopher / by Charles Babbage.

Science and reform : selected works of Charles Babbage / chosen with introduction and discussion by Anthony Hyman.

The ninth Bridgewater treatise. A fragment / By Charles Babbage.

On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning / by Charles Babbage.

Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes / by Charles Babbage.

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Charles Babbage

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Images featuring Charles Babbage

Works from the collections

A chapter on street nuisances : extracted from Passages in the life of a philosopher / by Charles Babbage.

Science and reform : selected works of Charles Babbage / chosen with introduction and discussion by Anthony Hyman.

The ninth Bridgewater treatise. A fragment / By Charles Babbage.

On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning / by Charles Babbage.

Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes / by Charles Babbage.

Frequent collaborators

Charles Babbage

Images from the collections

Images featuring Charles Babbage

Works from the collections

A chapter on street nuisances : extracted from Passages in the life of a philosopher / by Charles Babbage.

Science and reform : selected works of Charles Babbage / chosen with introduction and discussion by Anthony Hyman.

The ninth Bridgewater treatise. A fragment / By Charles Babbage.

On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning / by Charles Babbage.

Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes / by Charles Babbage.

Frequent collaborators

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