Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was an English mathematician,
philosopher and mechanical engineer who invented the concept of a
programmable computer. From 1828 to 1839 he was Lucasian Professor
of Mathematics at Cambridge, a position whose holders have included
Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking. A proponent of natural religion,
he published The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise in 1837 as his personal
response to The Bridgewater Treatises, a series of books on
theology and science that had recently appeared. Disputing the
claim that science disfavours religion, Babbage wrote 'that there
exists no such fatal collision between the words of Scripture and
the facts of nature'. He argues on the basis of reason and
experience alone, drawing a parallel between his work on the
calculating engine and God as the divine programmer of the
universe. Eloquently written, and underpinned by mathematical
arguments, The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise is a landmark work of
natural theology.
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