Charles Babbage

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6 mentions 5 recordings first heard Mar 2018 last heard 16 Sep ↑3 vs the 6 months before

American mathematician and inventor, known for designing the Analytical Engine, a conceptual early computer.

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Professor Hannah FryThe Rest Is Science · How Codes Were Used To Hack The Telegram Business · 17:10 · 16 Sep
…In terms of the way that it changed our world, one story that I've always really loved about the mid-1800s was Charles Babbage, who was this kind of crazy inventor, a really genuinely genuine visionary, but also just complete crackpot.…
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Professor Hannah FryThe Rest Is Science · Why Loud Chewing Makes You Angry · 3:53 · 30 Aug
…Okay, so Charles Babbage is the guy who invented the analytical engine, the the difference engine, like this really amazing inventor.…
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Professor Hannah FryThe Rest Is Science · Why Loud Chewing Makes You Angry · 3:44 · 30 Aug
…Um, Charles Babbage, who we were talking about the other day, he really disliked bad noises.…
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George ZarkadakisThroughline · Will AI destroy us... or save us? · 23:22 · 9 Apr
…Over in England, Charles Babbage, English mathematician, was touring factories……
Rosa Laura LópezChisme Corporativo · El nacimiento de la computadora: genios, egos y la pelea por... · 4:36 · 16 Dec
…A los 17 años conoce a un ser humano que……
Carrie FigdorNew Books in Philosophy · Menachem Fisch, “Creatively Undecided: Toward a History an... · 47:17 · Mar 2018
…Maybe maybe there's no transition or I I d I'm……
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