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Old boy has himself carried up a mountain and walks down a volcano's crater to see the lake of lava. The mad lad.
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Biographical episodes and essays of a brilliant man of insatiable curiosity and remarkable intellect, whom many may recall in their elementary schooling as having been introduced as the father of computing. But 7-yo me could not appreciate what current me presently struggles to even comprehend; the brilliance of Babbage's calculating engines.
His childhood anecdotes are particularly entertaining. Cognac and treacle!
— Apr 13, 2020 07:26AM
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His childhood anecdotes are particularly entertaining. Cognac and treacle!


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