software, multimedia The History of computation wood, brass, and baboon bones
- Summary
- This program provides a fascinating survey of mathematical modeling through the ages-from scratch marks on early bone, to the ingenious Babbage Engine-forerunner of the modern computer. Primitive models include the early Greek sundial and astrolab... Read more
- Contents
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Baboon Bones and Sundials (3:37) -- Astrolabe (3:07) -- Tokens, Symbols, and Knots (3:43) -- Wooden Tablet and Abacus (2:57) -- Napier's Rods and Logarithms (3:58) -- Babbage Engine (5:26)
- Format
- software, multimedia
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
- Publisher
- Films Media Group 2006
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