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In his book the innovators. During this event held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View california mr. Isakson discusses his book with Computer History Museum president and ceo john hollar and then takes audience questions. And now for tonights program program, the history of computing is the ongoing story of how one of the greatest periods of creativity in Human History has been unleashed. It is he even sorts out the real story between the internet. Walter will take us on a journey starting with the distant figures but important figures of john babich. Please join me in welcoming walter isaacson. C thank you john. Its great to be back and this is an amazingly wonderful place. Its such an honor to be back here and you can even reveal my in ....
The practical engineer and the process of collaboration babbage and lovelace had their own form of that from early on. He called her my views. We should not overstate her. She was in some ways not as great a mathematician as she would like to believe but could generate and understand the sequence of bernoulli numbers and make a chart a chart which becomes the First Published program. We should all celebrated. [applauding] yes. I say, okay. Tell me the seventh, eighth, ninth in the sequence of bernoulli numbers and how you would do a chart on a mechanical processor like that one to generate them. Then people understand what a partnership she had and how important she was to babbage trying to create what he thought was a numerical calculator, but she has the insight that it is not just for numbers. Her mom had taken her to the midlands of england to look at the mechanical weaving runs using punch cards. You have them downstairs and ....
Everyone acknowledges the massive impact of the digital revolution upon every aspect of society, but auction prices for landmark digital memorabilia suggest we haven't got it all in perspective just yet. Here are five recent examples of historically important items that sold for a fraction of their worth. ....