This multifaceted polymath was the first to build a computing machine. His pioneering work led to the creation of a calculating machine. He also established the Astronomical Society. Born in England ...

Tucked away 90 feet underground lay thousands of records in a unique collection at the University. The collection tells the history of one of the most remarkable advances in human civilization – ...

to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. British researchers announced plans this week to finally build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a gear-based proto-computer ...

Graham-Cumming's plan of attack is to reportedly recreate design ‘Plan 28' if he raises enough money and will also digitalise Babbage's plans, currently locked safely away in London's Science Museum. ...

Robyn Williams: If you go to the Science Museum in London you can see the recreation of Charles Babbage's design for the first computer back in the middle of the 19th century. We have a version here ...

Englishman Charles Babbage (1791–1871), an eccentric, ingenious mathematician, decided that existing tables of computations included far too many errors: the day's textbooks came with errata sheets ...

Computer Science Education Week is celebrated each year in December for the week which includes the 9th December. This is to honour the famous computer scientist, Grace Hopper, who was born on 9th ...