History Dev articles - 13 total
A Very Brief History of Computing In Sweden
Sweden isn’t a country one immediately thinks of when considering the development of computers....
The Origins of Software: The Abstraction of Behaviour From the Machine
Software is to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century. It is what drives our society...
4 Facts About Big Data Pioneer Herman Hollerith
One of the first, or most prominent people, to work on a Big Data problem was Herman Hollerith. In...
The Failure of Charles Babbage and the Good Enough Principle
There are two important questions to ask about Charles Babbage, why did he fail to build his...
The Incredible Struggle of Software Pioneer Kateryna Yushchenko
Kateryna Yushchenko was born in Ukraine on the 8th of December 1919 just after the Russian...
Ukraine’s Incredible Contributions to Computer Science
On February 24th 2022 I was woken up at 6:13 am by a mobile phone call. It was my partner, she was...
Charles Babbage the Entertainer and Socialite
It is well documented Charles Babbage was a difficult, belligerent and often quarrelsome man. He fell...
Turing, the Halting Problem and the Dawn of the Digital Age
For over 2,000 years great engineers, mathematicians and scientists have produced various analogue...
The Death of Charles Babbage, a Sad Tale of Labour Misspent
How do you wish to be remembered? It is a question we all consider at some point in our lives. A more...
3 Facts About Computer Pioneer Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse is widely regarded as one of the creators of the modern computer. In 1942 he released the...
The Origins of Computers: The Abacus and The Astrolabe
It seems logical when considering the origins of computers to begin with the first computer. We could...
The Pythagorean Theorem and Empathy for the Past
As software developers working in the modern world it can be difficult for us to grasp how challenging previous generations found certain tasks.
The Origins of Mathematics: The Journey Towards Computers and Software
We cannot consider the origins of computers and software without first considering the origins of mathematics.