The BBC Radio 4 had a short but fascinating documentary on Ada Lovelace several years ago. It's still available in their archive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0092j0x
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > Forgive me if the FRIAM gang has already seen this. But if not, here's a > lead for the next meeting of your neighborhood's Geek Book Club. (Sorta > sad to say that the author had never heard of Ada Lovelace, which might > raise the question, "What is the expected knowledge of an educated person > today?" > > -tj > > > http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/understand-computer?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook&mbid=social_facebook > > How to Understand Your Computer > By Mark O'Connell > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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