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developer of Spacewar, who also briefly taught Bill Gates to program

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Russell

employee #3 at microsoft, who did floating pt. in MS Basic. Such a different future from #1 & #2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Davidoff

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7520/full/514032a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20141002

NATURE | BOOKS AND ARTS
Computing history: Geeks, Inc.
Jennifer Light
Nature 514, 32–33 (02 October 2014) doi:10.1038/514032a

Jennifer Light enjoys a chronicle of the collaborations that conjured the digital realm.

The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster: 2014.ISBN: 9781471138799

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/classic-pong/id698209222?mt=8

http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/space-war

the spirit of Bushnell

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If you want to play the original, look no further than the Atari Classic app. The graphics, sound, and retro experience are all here. Currently the control mechanism is not the most intuitive thing, but if you can get good at the controls this is a fantastic notable option. The app is free to download and included one game, Mission Control. You’ll need to purchase each of the other titles after that. The other games, such as Space War, will be $.99 apiece; though of course there are package deals you can purchase if you’re a die-hard retro Atari fan.
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Babbage … gave the name to the [Cambridge] Analytical Society, which he stated was formed to advocate ‘the principles of pure d-ism as opposed to the dot-age of the university.’

— W.W.R. Ball
History of Mathematics (3rd Ed., 1901), 451.

Create qt on calculus notations

http://todayinsci.com/B/Babbage_Charles/BabbageCharles-Quotations.htm