Science and reform : selected works of Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage, remembered for his pioneering work on his analytical and difference engines and as founding father of the computer, is paid tribute in this selection of passages which reflect his thoughts on such subjects as taxation, abolition of life peerage and the assurance of lives
Print Book, English, ©1989
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ©1989
vii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780521343114, 0521343119
17803622
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Family background and education; 2. Early mathematical work; 3. The first difference engine; 4. Life assurance; 5. Reform of science; 6. Economic theory; 7. Life peerage; 8. Babbage's philosophy; 9. Taxation; 10. The analytical engines; 11. Lighthouse signalling; Postscript; Works represented; Index; Plate section.