Happy new year 2020!

Steven Gago is the first human guest on Early Bird Science! He is an experienced software and firmware engineer, with a background in electrical and electronic engineering. Oh, yeah, he is also Kristen’s spouse. :-) He joins Kristen for this special, double-length episode to talk about how computers work.

Concepts covered:

1. Steve is NOT a morning person
2. Ancient computers
3. Processors
4. Transistors
5. Logic gates
6. Boolean algebra, 1s and 0s
7. John Von Neumann
8. Fetch-execute cycle
9. RAM
10. Computer “mouses” vs. “mice”
11. Analog vs. digital
12. Quantum computing

References and Resources from Steve

• Documentary on Antikythera Mechanism
  • https://youtu.be/jSQNEPbQOiI
• John Von Neumann
  • https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-unparalleled-genius-of-john-von-neumann-791bb9f42a2d

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