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Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes
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42 totalREFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
By Charles Babbage
DEDICATION.
PREFACE.
REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
CHAPTER I. ON THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.
CHAPTER II. OF THE INDUCEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS TO CULTIVATE SCIENCE.
SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL IMPULSES.
SECTION 2. OF NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT.
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Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger
Release date
1998-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Charles Babbage
1791–1871
A brilliant Victorian thinker, he imagined machines that could calculate automatically long before electronic computers existed. His designs for the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine made him one of the key early figures in the history of computing.
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