The greatest machine that never was John Graham Cumming

Computer science began in the 30s. .. the 1830s. John GrahamCumming tells the story of Charles Babbage s mechanical, steampowered analytical engine and how Ada Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron, saw beyond its simple computational abilities to imagine the future of computers. (Filmed at TEDxImperialCollege. ) Talk by John GrahamCumming.