🖋️ Introduction Charles Babbage: The Forgotten Genius Who Dreamed of the Computer Age Charles Babbage (1791–1871), a British mathematician, inventor, and engineer, is widely regarded as the “Father of the Computer.” In an age when machines were still powered by steam and gears, Babbage imagined a world where machines could think, calculate, and automate. His revolutionary designs—the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine—laid the foundation for the digital computers we use today. Though many of his machines were never built in his lifetime, his legacy lives on in every algorithm,…