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Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing

Subject
Mathematics; Science

Documentary in which Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada Lovelace’s remarkable life: a 19th-century countess whose work helped give rise to the modern era of computing. [60 minutes]
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Alan Turing: Reflections on His Personal Life (2016)

Subject
Information technology

To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science. Aside from his contribution to maths...
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Babbage and Lovelace (2015)

Subject
Mathematics

The central figure of 19th-century computing was Charles Babbage (1791-1871), who may be said to have pioneered the modern computer age with his ‘difference engines’ and his ‘analytical engine’,...
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Professor Michael Levitt: Modelling the Molecules of Life (2014)

Subject
Biology; Chemistry

Video podcast of the Ernst Chain Lecture 2014. Professor Michael Levitt , winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, talks about the impact of computing power on the progress of modern biology. [55 minutes].
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Boy and His Atom, A (2012)

Subject
Information technology

The ability to move single atoms, one of the smallest particles of any element in the universe, is crucial to IBM’s research in the field of atomic-scale memory. In 2012, IBM scientists announced the...
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Robot Teaches Itself How to Walk, A (2012)

Subject
Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Technology

Video recording of a presentation given at swissnex San Francisco on 19/1/2012 at which scientists from Switzerland and the US discuss their research on humanoid robots, cognitive robotics, and artificial...
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Future Labs (2005)

Subject
Science; Technology

The three programmes in this series tell the stories of the small groups of research scientists whose inventions in the fields of communications and computing, transport, materials and medicine, changed the...
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