A Computer Older Than Newton // A Newton Older Than A Computer
June 16, 2021
We all know computing technology changes and adapts fast (who remembers typing a/s/l into AOL's Instant Messenger on their family PC?). But did you know how old computing technology really is? Did you know that it might even predate Isaac Newton?
On this show:
- The World’s First Computer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/
- Isaac Newton's alchemy notebooks: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/160404-isaac-newton-alchemy-mercury-recipe-chemistry-science
We all know computing technology changes and adapts fast (who remembers typing a/s/l into AOL's Instant Messenger on their family PC?). But did you know how old computing technology really is? Did you know that it might even predate Isaac Newton?
On this show:
- The World’s First Computer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/
- Isaac Newton's alchemy notebooks: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/160404-isaac-newton-alchemy-mercury-recipe-chemistry-science
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Hosted by the authors of action-adventure novels, Kevin and Nick are no strangers to researching the arcane, mysterious, phenomenal, and fascinating realities of our world. In each episode of the Stuff That's Real podcast, your hosts invite you to encounter unbelievable — yet utterly real — nuggets of truth.
On this show:
- The World’s First Computer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/
- Isaac Newton's alchemy notebooks: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/160404-isaac-newton-alchemy-mercury-recipe-chemistry-science
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Hosted by the authors of action-adventure novels, Kevin and Nick are no strangers to researching the arcane, mysterious, phenomenal, and fascinating realities of our world. In each episode of the Stuff That's Real podcast, your hosts invite you to encounter unbelievable — yet utterly real — nuggets of truth.
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