Learning on ScreenJoy of Logic, The
- Synopsis
- BBC 4 programme presented by Dave Cliff, professor of computer science and engineering at Bristol University,
With the help of 25 seven-year-olds, Professor Cliff creates, for the first time, a computer made entirely of children, running on nothing but logic. The programme also introduces the world’s brainiest children, competing at the International Olympiad of Informatics in Brisbane, Australia. The programme celebrates George Boole who moved logic beyond philosophy to mathematics; Bertrand Russell, Kurt Godel, who demonstrated that some truths are unproveable; and Alan Turing, who, with what Cliff calls an ‘almost exquisite paradox’, was inspired by this huge setback to logic to conceive the computer. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2014
- Year of production
- 2013
- Notes
- First broadcast BBC 4 3 December 2013.
- Subjects
- Mathematics; Philosophy
- Keywords
- computer science; logic
Credits
- Director
- Catherine Gale
- Contributor
- Dave Cliff
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £20
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 60 minutes
- Year
- 2015
Distributor
- Name
Wingspan Productions
- mail@wingspan productions.co.uk
- Phone
- 0207 428 8700
- Address
- 5 Spectrum House
32-34 Gordon House Road
London
London
NW5 1LP
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