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And a heart rending message too from Tuesday's Babbage installment http://blog.jgc.org/2010/10/babbages-other-woman.html http://blog.jgc.org/2010/10/babbages-ot
by konad 16y ago
And a heart rending message too from Tuesday's Babbage installment http://blog.jgc.org/2010/10/babbages-other-woman.html http://blog.jgc.org/2010/10/babbages-other-woman.html:
His wife, Georgiana died age 31, Ada Lovelace died aged 36 and Countess Teleki died a year before Babbage aged 34.
Only three of his 8 children survived into adulthood.
- jacquesm 16y agoLife expectancy back then was quite different than it was today.
- Cushman 16y agoWow... that puts his lifelong quest to build a machine that can think into terrifying perspective.
- 8ren 16y agoPerhaps his longevity was because because his work made him active physically, just as Leonardo was a sculptor. As a programmer, I try to automate everything; but it can be healthier to do (physical) tasks the long way.