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Containing Matters concerning the Evolution of Inorganics towards a new Revolution.Timestamps:introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00)historical background on computing and calculating machines, plus artificial intelligence (16:50)Samuel Butler background/biography (34:45)"Erewhon" discussion and summary (50:16)Bibliography:Boole, George - "Collected Logical Works" (1916) https://archive.org/details/collectedlogical02booluoft/mode/2upCeruzzi, Paul - "Inventing the Computer" https://ethw.org/Inventing_the_ComputerColumbia University Computing History - "The Jacquard Loom" http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/jacquard.htmlEconomist, the - "The Power of Seven", Dec 20th, 2001 http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/week.htmGarnett, R.S. - "Samuel Butler and His Family Relations" (1926) Harris, John F. - "Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon - The Man and His Work" (1916) Hyman, Anthony - "Charles Babbage: pioneer of the computer" (1982) https://archive.org/details/charlesbabbagepi0000hyma_j5s4/page/192/mode/2upInternational Slide Rule Museum (ISRM) https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation - "Blaise Pascal: Pascaline Calculator" https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/blaise-pascalMartin, Ernst - "The calculating machines (Die Rechenmaschinen): their history and development" (1925) https://archive.org/details/calculatingmachi00mart/mode/2upMudford, Peter - introduction and notes to "Erewhon" (1970)Nagai, Toshiya - "Why Did Sumerians Use the Sexagesimal System?" (2013) https://www.nagaitoshiya.com/en/2013/sexagesimal/Napier, John - "Rabdologiæ, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo" (1617) https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/rabdologiaseunu00napiPugh, Emerson - "Early Punched Card Equipment, 1880-1951" https://ethw.org/Early_Punched_Card_Equipment,_1880_-_1951Stephenson, Steve - "Ancient Computers" https://ethw.org/Ancient_ComputersWilliams, Michael - "Differential Analyzers" https://ethw.org/Differential_AnalyzersMusic:Butler, Samuel - "Ulysses" (1904), as excerpted by John F. Harris in "Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon - The Man and His Work" (segment 2)Handel, George Frideric - excerpted harpsichord suite from "Erewhon", chapter 5 (1733) (segment 3)
