Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
Khalil Lloyd
BSA 305-01
Nov. 29, 2014
Abstract Charles Babbage is known as the patron saint of operations research and management science. Babbage's scientific inventions included a mechanical calculator, a versatile computer, and a punch-card machine. His projects never became a commercial reality; however, Babbage is considered the originator of the concepts behind the present day computer.
Charles Babbage Influence on Management Charles Babbage was born in Walworth, Surrey, London on December 26, 1791. He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered for originating the concept of a computer. He is considered a "father of the computer.” Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs while attending the University of Cambridge. He graduated while being one of the top mathematicians at his school. On 25 July 1814, Babbage married Georgiana Whitmore. The couple had eight children, but only four survived past childhood. His father, his wife, their second son, and newborn baby all happened to die in the same year. On his father's death he inherited an estate valued at £100,000, somewhere between $6 and $30 million dollars today. His youngest son, Henry Prevost Babbage, later attended Harvard and created demonstration pieces for the purpose of an engine based off of his father's design. Babbage was a prolific inventor, mathematician, scientist, reforming critic with reference to the scientific establishment and political economist. He pioneered lighthouse signalling, invented the ophthalmoscope, proposed 'black box' recorders for monitoring the conditions preceding railway catastrophes, advocated decimal currency, proposed the use of tidal power once coal reserves were exhausted, designed a cow-catcher for the front end of railway locomotives, failsafe quick release couplings for railway
Khalil Lloyd
BSA 305-01
Nov. 29, 2014
Abstract Charles Babbage is known as the patron saint of operations research and management science. Babbage's scientific inventions included a mechanical calculator, a versatile computer, and a punch-card machine. His projects never became a commercial reality; however, Babbage is considered the originator of the concepts behind the present day computer.
Charles Babbage Influence on Management Charles Babbage was born in Walworth, Surrey, London on December 26, 1791. He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered for originating the concept of a computer. He is considered a "father of the computer.” Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs while attending the University of Cambridge. He graduated while being one of the top mathematicians at his school. On 25 July 1814, Babbage married Georgiana Whitmore. The couple had eight children, but only four survived past childhood. His father, his wife, their second son, and newborn baby all happened to die in the same year. On his father's death he inherited an estate valued at £100,000, somewhere between $6 and $30 million dollars today. His youngest son, Henry Prevost Babbage, later attended Harvard and created demonstration pieces for the purpose of an engine based off of his father's design. Babbage was a prolific inventor, mathematician, scientist, reforming critic with reference to the scientific establishment and political economist. He pioneered lighthouse signalling, invented the ophthalmoscope, proposed 'black box' recorders for monitoring the conditions preceding railway catastrophes, advocated decimal currency, proposed the use of tidal power once coal reserves were exhausted, designed a cow-catcher for the front end of railway locomotives, failsafe quick release couplings for railway