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History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century, Jacob Auch The Adding Device of Jacob Auch The German Jacob Auch (1765-1842) […]
Philipp Matthäus Hahn The cylindrical calculating machines of the German parson Philipp Matthäus Hahn (see biography of Philipp Matthäus Hahn) were […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century, Gersten The Arithmetical Machine of Christian Ludwig Gersten Christian Ludwig Gersten (1701-1762) (see […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century: Caze The New Arithmetical Machine of Caze The adding device of Caze, […]
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Anton Braun The German mechanic, constructor and optician Anton (Antonius) Braun (see biography of Anton Braun) (1686-1728) from Möhringen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), […]
Jules Verne The great French novelist and poet Jules Gabriel Verne (1828–1905) is best known for his adventure novels and […]
Who was Herbert Wells? Herbert Wells (also known as H.G. Wells) was an English writer and published author. He was knowledgeable […]
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History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, George Stibitz Distant Computer Work George Stibitz—remote access to a computer The Relay Computers […]
Who Was Wilhelm Ostwald? Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, known throughout his life as Wilhelm Ostwald, was born on September 2nd, 1853. […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, Mark Twain The Telectrophonoscope of Mark Twain The great American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens […]
Who was Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was born in 1856; he was a Serbian-American engineer and scientist who produced hundreds […]
Who was Paul Otlet? Paul Marie Ghislain Otlet was a Belgian who was a pioneer in the field of information […]
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: Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a modern portrait from Rita Greer, a history artist (there are no surviving images of Robert […]
: Who was Murray Leinster Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, Emanuel Goldberg Emanuel Goldberg In the 1920s the German scientist Emanuel Goldberg (see the […]
: Claude Chappe The first widely adopted system for transmitting messages overland and first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age […]
Jorge Luis Borges – Biography, History, and Inventions Jorge Luis Borges A Z Animals Contributors Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 […]
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Who Was Larry Roberts? Larry (Lawrence) Roberts is known as the father of computer vision for his contributions to the […]
Who Is Ted Nelson? Born in 1937, Theodor Holm Nelson is an American philosopher, computer scientist and sociologist. He specializes […]
Leonard Kleinrock Three people can be credited as inventors of packet-switched networks, thus laying foundations for Internet: Leonard Kleinrock, Donald […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Birth, Douglas Engelbart’s NLS The NLS system of Douglas Engelbart The name of the prominent […]
Joseph Licklider Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (see biography of Licklider), called also J.C.R. or “Lick”, was an American scientist, an […]
Charles Goldfarb—the Godfather of Markup Languages The idea of markup languages was apparently first publicly presented by the engineer William […]
Donald Davies Three people can be credited as inventors of packet-switched networks, thus laying foundations for Internet: Paul Baran, Leonard […]