Overview

About this Book

An English Mathematician Charles Babbage decided to build a machine that could perform difficult calculations accurately and more quickly than previous machines. In 1837, Charles Babbage designed the first programmable computer which he referred to as the analytical engine. According to Babbage’s design, the analytical engine would be able to save instructions, perform calculations and produce the printed output. He is widely recognized as the father of the modern computer.

Philip Emeagwali, who has been called the "Bill Gates of Africa," was born in Nigeria in 1954. Like many African schoolchildren, he dropped out of school at age 14 because his father could not continue paying Emeagwali's school fees.