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Essay Galaxy - Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage may have spent his life in vain, trying to make a machine
considered by most of his friends to be ridiculous. 150 years ago, Babbage drew
hundreds of drawings projecting the fundamentals on which today's computers are
founded. But the technology was not there to meet his dreams. He was born on
December 26, 1791, in Totnes, Devonshire, England. As a child he was always
interested about the mechanics of everything and in the supernatural. He
reportedly once tried to prove the existence of the devil by making a circle in
his own blood on the floor and reciting the Lord's Prayer backward. In college,
he formed a ghost club dedicated to verifying the existence of the supernatural.
When in Trinity College in Cambridge, Charles carried out childish pranks and
rebelled because of the b....
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