Babbage, Turing and Wilkes: history of computing in Cambridge

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Description: A brief talk by Alan Macfarlane about the early days of computing in Cambridge, including the famous images of the coffee pot and the intranet.
 
Created: 2018-03-27 16:57
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Professor Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
Keywords: history; anthropology;
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Director:  Alan Macfarlane
Photographer:  Xu Bei
 
Abstract: A collection of video recordings made by Professor Alan Macfarlane, mostly in the summer of 2010. Filmed by Xu Bei. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.com for the context and further film.
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