y in the last century, Winston Churchill was perhaps the first prominent leader to appreciate the strategic importance of oil. As First Lord of the Admiralty, he converted British warships from coal to oil and then persuaded the cabinet to nationalize the Anglo-Persian Oil Company [39], the forerunner of

y in the last century, Winston Churchill was perhaps the first prominent leader to appreciate the strategic importance of oil. As First Lord of the Admiralty, he converted British warships from coal to oil and then persuaded the cabinet to nationalize the Anglo-Persian Oil Company [39], the forerunner o

read programs from cards, and used cogs and wheels to perform the calculations. His first machine - The Difference Engine — was designed to help the Admiralty calculate tide tables, but Babbage realized he could generalize it to compute almost any function. He ran out of money to complete any of his machine