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PUBLISHED BITS COURSE · 01

People & history

The human chain of computation

What this course develops

Reconstruct the capabilities that made computing possible in contribution order, then investigate the lives, teams, institutions, and contested priority claims around them.

  • Ancient rules
  • Mechanical minds
  • Logic
  • Electronic dawn
  • Universal machines
  • Information

Scope

16 chronological lessons · 462 complete learning dossiers

Public reading index

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