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I don't think there was any continuous chain of influence. Howard Aiken[0] effectively "rediscovered" Babbage in the late 30s and presented himself as carrying
by allturtles 5y ago
I don't think there was any continuous chain of influence. Howard Aiken[0] effectively "rediscovered" Babbage in the late 30s and presented himself as carrying on Babbage's legacy, and did a lot to popularize the connection between modern computing and Babbage.
There's a chapter on this in I. Bernard Cohen's book on Aiken[1].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_H._Aiken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_H._Aiken
[1]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Howard_Aiken/Ld7TgLeQXs4C https://www.google.com/books/edition/Howard_Aiken/Ld7TgLeQXs...
- ncmncm 5y agoAnd Grace Hopper worked for Aiken.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoThanks for the book suggestion, I recently finished "Pioneer Programmer", the autobiography of Jean Jennings Bartik and her colleages working on the ENIAC. I really enjoyed reading about that age of invention, it will be interesting to find out what was going on at Harvard that whole time.