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** <font color="magenta">The Binary System</font>: 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.
 
** <font color="magenta">The Binary System</font>: 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.
 
** <font color="magenta">The Transistor</font>: A switch controlled by electricity.   
 
** <font color="magenta">The Transistor</font>: A switch controlled by electricity.   
** One giant for computer science:
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* Counting in binary
*** <font color="magenta">George Boole</font> (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'''.
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 16:39, 3 September 2013

--D. Thiebaut 10:23, 1 April 2013 (EDT)




Syllabus | PIAZZA


Week Topics Reading
Week 1
9/3
  • Tuesday
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester schedule
    • 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.
  • Counting in binary


  • Thursday
  • We continue counting in binary, then move on to simple additions in binary.

Week 2
9/10
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

 


Week 3
9/17
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

Week 4
9/24
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

 

Week 5
10/1
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

Week 6
10/8
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

 

Week 7
10/15
  • Tuesday: Fall Break
  • Thursday