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'''Charles Babbage''' was a pioneer of [[computer|computation]], in addition to being a prolific [[inventor]], a [[mathematics|mathematician]], scientist, political economist and critic of the scientific establishment. His controversial book ''Reflections on the Decline of Science in England'', published in 1830, was so influential that only a year later the British Association for the Advancement of Science was formed. He published six full-length works and nearly ninety papers between 1813 and 1868, including 1834’s ''Economy of Machinery and Manufacturers'', an influential work that proposed an early form of operational research.  

'''Charles Babbage''' was a pioneer of [[computer|computation]], in addition to being a prolific [[inventor]], a [[mathematics|mathematician]], scientist, political economist and critic of the scientific establishment. His controversial book ''Reflections on the Decline of Science in England'', published in 1830, was so influential that only a year later the British Association for the Advancement of Science was formed. He published six full-length works and nearly ninety papers between 1813 and 1868, including 1834’s ''Economy of Machinery and Manufacturers'', an influential work that proposed an early form of operational research.