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Author Author: clem57
Date Created: 30 Jan 2015 4:11 PM Date Created
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"Who invented the computer?"

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johnbeetem over 11 years ago +3

I'd go with Charles Babbage . Even though he was unable to complete his Analytical Engine, it did embody the concepts necessary for general-purpose computing. According to the linked Wikipage: "It would…
D_Hersey over 11 years ago +3

Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Was just a stop on the way.
D_Hersey over 9 years ago +3

From Pickover, Poland 1959 (my birth year) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AKAT-1.JPG

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D_Hersey over 11 years ago

http://www.lib.umich.edu/blogs/beyond-reading-room/early-example-portable-calculator-indeed-arithmographe-just-arrived
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D_Hersey over 11 years ago

http://www.lib.umich.edu/blogs/beyond-reading-room/early-example-portable-calculator-indeed-arithmographe-just-arrived
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clem57 over 11 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

A new entrant, I like!
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