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Jan 31, 1571
John Napier
John Napier is best known as the inventor of logarithms. He also invented the so-called "Napier's bones" and made common the use of the decimal point in arithmetic and mathematics. -
Blaise Pascal
He invented the mechanical calculator. Pascal was an important mathematician, helping create two major new areas of research: he wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of 16, and later corresponded with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science. -
Charles Babbage
Considered a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs. His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as "pre-eminent" among the many polymaths of his century. -
Lady Augusta Ada
English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. Because of this, she is often described as the world's first computer programmer. -
Alan Turing
showed that the machine was able to implement any mathematical problem that could be represented by an algorithm. Turing machines remains the central object of study in the theory of computation. -
Tommy Flowes
During World War II, Flowers designed Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer, to help solve encrypted German messages. -
Howard Aiken
Ther Harvard Mark 1 computer -
Howard Aiken
A pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer. -
Jack Kilby
invented the integrated circuit aka the microchip. By definition the intergrated circuit or microchip is a set of interconnected electronic components such as transistors and resistors, that are etched or imprinted on a onto a tiny chip of a semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium. -
Bill Gates
create a software for the Altair, one of the first personal computer, (Beginners´s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) -
Steve Jobs
Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields, transforming "one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies". -
Sergey Brin
American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the most profitable Internet companies -
Larry Page
American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Google with Sergey Brin
