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Charles Babbage Quotes - BrainyQuote. English - Mathematician December 26, 1791 - October 18, 1871. On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
- Reflections on The Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes
- On The Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, 1832/1841
- Passages from The Life of A Philosopher
Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of its Causes(1830) 1. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue. A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant of almost every branch of useful kno...
Charles Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures(1832) 1. The object of the present volume is to point out the effects and the advantages which arise from the use of tools and machines ;—to endeavour to classify their modes of action ;—and to trace both the causes and the consequences of applying machinery to supersede the skill and po...
On two occasions I have been asked, — "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member o...
- “On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'
- “Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still more useful in deluding the minds of others.
- “I find no flaw in your reasoning about the Analytical Engine; I admire it; but you are aware that it rests entirely on the hypothesis that I care for the 'whole human race.”
- “Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it.
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Charles Babbage. The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true data. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam. Quoted in H. Eves In Mathematical Circles, (Boston 1969).
Charles Babbage inspirational quotes. “A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science.”. “I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and ...
The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind. Charles Babbage. There remains a third source from which we arrive at the knowledge of the existence of a supreme Creator, namely, from an examination of his works. Unlike transmitted testimony, which is ...
Charles Babbage. "Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all". Charles Babbage. "The whole of arithmetic now appeared within the grasp of mechanism". Charles Babbage. Great quotes are not where you find great wisdom. It's where you share this knowledge that counts. Sharing Is Caring.
