FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -From 1828 to 1839, Babbage was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. Not a conventional resident don, and inattentive to his teaching responsibilities, he wrote three topical books during this period of his life. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1832.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1821 Babbage invented the Difference Engine to compile mathematical tables. On completing it in 1832, he conceived the idea of a better machine that could perform not just one mathematical task but any kind of calculation.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1827 Babbage became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a position he held for 12 years although he never taught.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charles Babbage, (born December 26, 1791, London, England-died October 18, 1871, London), English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Babbage taught himself algebra and was widely read in continental mathematics in his youth. He was, in fact, far more mathematically sophisticated than the tutors when he entered Cambridge’s Trinity College in 1810. He founded the Analytical Society in 1812 with John Herschel and George Peacock.