Author Detail for Charles Babbage (1 Quotes)
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| 1 | Charles Babbage | Science | Error | On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament] "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. |