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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

    Producer
    Adam Curtis
    Subject
    History; Media studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Adam Curtis’ series of films explores the idea that we have been colonised by the machines that we have built, seeing everything in the world through the eyes of computers. Episode 1, LOVE AND POWER looks...

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  4. Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary (2010)

    Director
    Jason Scott
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 121 minutes), $40.00

    The first games on home computers had limited sound, simple graphics, and tiny amounts of computing power. They were called "computer adventure games", and they used the most powerful graphics processor in...

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  5. Bbs Documentary (2005)

    Director
    Jason Scott
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 330 minutes), $40.00

    A series of 8 short documentaries about the history of Bulletin Board Systems or BBSes, the forerunner of the Internet. It was established by a pioneering band of computer users who set up their home...

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  6. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Working Wonders

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank traces the origins of the 21st century working world in some of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, including James Watt’s steam engine; Richard Arkwright’s spinning frame which...

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  7. 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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