The Science of Information: From Language to Black Holes

Computation and Logic Gates

Documentary Jun 1, 2020 30 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E2: Accompany the young Claude Shannon to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where in 1937 he submitted a master's thesis proving that Boolean algebra could be used to simplify the unwieldy analog computing devices of the day. Drawing on Shannon's ideas, learn how to design a simple electronic circuit that performs basic mathematical calculations.

Documentary Jun 1, 2020 30 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 30 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.