Babbage's Analytical Engine - Computerphile

Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was designed as the first Turing complete computer - before Turing was even born. Sadly it was never built. Professor Brailsford explains with the help of Sydney Padua's illustrations.

More of Sydney's work: http://bit.ly/1de83fM

The Professor's notes: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/new...

Analytical Engine project: http://bit.ly/Computerphile_Plan28
Lovelace Symposium : http://bit.ly/Computerphile_LovelaceSymp
Stephen Wolfram's Blog on Ada Lovelace: http://bit.ly/Computerphile_Wolfram_Ada

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

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