2025/09/08
Colossus, electronic analog
"Let us not imagine, however, that Colossus was a programmable, general-purpose computer in the modern sense. It could logically combine two data streams – one on tape, one generated from ring counters – and count the number of 1s encountered, and that was all. Much of the “programming” of Colossus was actually carried out on paper, with operators executing decision trees prepared by analysts." From, The Electronic Computers, Part 2: Colossus.
Labels: #Computers, #History
2022/09/06
Complexity science and networks in 20 min
An introduction video to the history and ideas of complexity science and networks in 20 min by Petter Holme.
Labels: #Complexity, #History
2017/08/31
3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet rewrites the history of math
"A 3,700-year-old clay tablet has proven that the Babylonians developed trigonometry 1,500 years before the Greeks and were using a sophisticated method of mathematics which could change how we calculate today". Full news article @ The Telegraph
. See also the response by Evelyn Lamb (Thanks Johan Bollen).
. See also the response by Evelyn Lamb (Thanks Johan Bollen).
Labels: #Babylon, #History, #Math, #Trignometry
