③ Enchanting Numbers▪On computers’ invention as mechanical calculators

Computing began long before the twentieth century. Mechanical calculators ran on cogs, wheels, and steam engines. How would you like a job as a computer? Not a programmer, not even a mathematician. A computer. Someone who makes calculations. By hand. All day, every day. I guess that doesn’t sound appealing. Until well into the previous … Continue reading "③ Enchanting Numbers▪On computers’ invention as mechanical calculators"

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③ Enchanting Numbers▪On computers’ invention as mechanical calculators is an episode from A History of Science by Dr Michiel Meulendijk.

This episode is 27:44 long.

This episode was published on May 22, 2017.

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