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George Boole<br/>
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Expressions that can be '''True''' or '''False'''<br />
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Electricity<br />
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ON/OFF<br />
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Revision as of 06:46, 11 September 2012

--D. Thiebaut 12:05, 21 August 2012 (EDT)

Wikis | Weekly Schedule | Main Page


Office Hours: Tu-Th: 2:00-4:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Reading
Week 1
9/6
  • Thursday
    • Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester
    • Organization of the class
    • a short movie to get the discussion started...
    • some examples of computers:


AbacusWolfram.png


DifferenceEngine.jpg


DifferenceEngineDetail.jpg


DNAComputer.png


Antikythera.jpg
Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer


(start at 1min 47sec)

DoubleHelix.jpg
Harvard research: 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA


    • Keywords:
      • code: Translating from one system of values to another system.
    • Electricity
    • The Binary System: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary.
    • The Transistor: A switch controlled by electricity.
    • Two giants for computer science:
      • George Boole (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are boolean variables, the operators are logic operators. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: AND, OR, and NOT.
      • Claude Shannon (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators.
Week 2
9/11
  • Tuesday
    • Three different "worlds":
World 1 (Logic) World 2 (Technology) World 3 (Math)

George Boole
Expressions that can be True or False
Operators to combine expressions
And, Or, Not

Electricity
Switches (transistors)
ON/OFF
The idea of a code

Number systems
Decimal: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Binary: 0, 1


  • Thursday
  • Reading
Week 3
9/18
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • Reading:
Week 4
9/25
  • Reading
Week 5
10/2
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • Reading
Week 6
10/9
  • Tuesday: Fall Break
  • Thursday
  • Reading
Week 7
10/16
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday: Take-home Final Exam
  • Reading
Week 8
10/23
  • Tuesday: Final Exam Q&A
  • Reading










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