There&#x27;s a book that was published about 13 years ago by the man leading the program to rebuild the difference engine for London&#x27;s Science Museum called, &quot;The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer&quot; [1].<p>I can&#x27;t really recommend it, since half (or more) of it is about Doron Swade navigating the politics of a London Museum in order to get the thing built. But there is an interesting history of Babbage.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;The-Difference-Engine-Charles-Computer&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0142001449" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;The-Difference-Engine-Charles-Computer...</a>