Origins of Computing

We look at humans and their relationship with Technology since Stonehenge through the advent of early electronic and electromechanical computers.

Slides

• 01-Origins.pptx

Videos

• Origins of Data, Computing: Lines, Curves, and Numbers - Part 1 (11:10)
• Exploring Analog / Continuous Computing Devices - Part 2 (14:15)
• Exploring Physical Digital Devices - Part 3 (11:03)
• Exploring Hardware Iteration - Part 4 (10:58)

Discussions

• History / Introduction (Login Required)
  

Assessments

• Quiz: Origins of Computing (Login Required)
  
• Using a Slide Rule for Multiplication (Login Required)
  
• Paper: Reflections on The Origins of Computing (Login Required)
  

References

• Film: Popular Mechanics - How Mechanical Computers Work
• Mark I Fire Control Computer - Electromechanical Analog Computer

Bonus

• Video: Monash Museum of Computing History Interviews
• Video: IEEE Computer: Alan Turing at Bletchley Park
• Niklaus Wirth on Teaching Computer Science
• Office Hours: Valencia, Spain, 29-Mar-2022
• Office Hours: Gingerman Raceway, South Haven MI, 23-Oct-2022