1982/10/01 by Brian Randell · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · Engineering · #History of Computing Technologies #Intelligence, Security, War Strategy #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #History of computing #Digital computer #Work (physics) #Engineering #Computer science #Art history #Telecommunications #Management #Art #Mechanical engineering #Computer engineering #Algorithm
paper · doi:10.1109/mahc.1982.10042
openalex publication_date 1982/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
This paper, based on an invited lecture given at MIT in March 1980, discusses the little-known work of Percy E. Ludgate (1883- 1922), Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852- 1936), and Vannevar Bush (1890- 1974). These three inventors, who apparently were unaware of one another's existence, were all directly influenced by know/edge of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, and each played a significant role in the history of the development of program-controlled computers.