The greatest machine that never was

Title:: The greatest machine that never was
Speaker:: John Graham-Cumming
Description:: Computer science began in the '30s ... the 1830s. John Graham-Cumming tells the story of Charles Babbage's mechanical, steam-powered "analytical engine" and how Ada Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron, saw beyond its simple computational abilities to imagine the future of computers.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 12:14

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