The Story of Computer Science with Prof. Jim Al-Khalili |Doc of the Day

The history of computer science.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili unwraps the evolutionary histories responsible for the modern human condition, as currently represented by our sophistication in energy manipulation and information technology.

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[joepearcemstogo]

I literally go to sleep every night to his documentaries. Sounds insane but I’ve seen each one about 600 times

[DJ-KAOS]

Jim's a great guy and his science videos are some of my favourite. The content is utterly fascinating and it's presented in a way that allows ordinary people like myself to understand it. It's just such a MASSIVE SHAME that some sections of his videos are often spoiled by the noisy backing tracks that completely drown out the narrating 😕 If you enjoy his videos as much as I do, I recommend you watch the one about the history of electricity. I promise you will not be disappointed 😉

[richardhedd]

I wish I had a teacher like Professor Jim Al-Khalili when I was younger. I might have learned something.

[sgcollins]

This is part two of the 'Order and Disorder' series, the 'story of information'. Directed by Nic Stacey, music by Alex Menzies.

[lunainezdelamancha]

When I was a child we used to write letters and sent telegrams. I loved the etiquette for personal, business, and legal correspondence. Then telephones became affordable and very popular. People forgot how to write a simple memo. A few decades later we were using cell phones and laptops. We went back to etiquette or grammar rules.
All these changes in a very short period of time if I consider I'm in my 50s'....
😮mind blowing.

[petergreen]

Thank you very much. Another beautiful lesson and documentary.

[andersonfernandes]

I´m from Brazil and i dont talk english, i understand a little about this language, but i put the legends to portuguese. This is video is amazing, this history and the things talked about in this video help me alot to understand this field. I´m a software engineer student, and i think this is very good to me and my learn to understand more of technology. THANK YOU Doc of the Day!!! Sorry about the wrong write, i´m practicing haha...

[zeitfieldunite]

Jim does a great job explaining with clarity at a certain speed for all to understand. Overall a great documentary, obviously from a British perspective gives Alan Turing praise although there are many poineers who contributed to computer science, a bit of diplomacy. Like Michio Kaku the japanese lecturer from New York who glorifies Albert Einstein, a patriotic path

[parrotraiser]

How could you give a history of computing without mentioning Boole (symbolic logc) and Babbage, (the Analytical Engine)?

[DickzLand]

What’s most interesting is what comes next. Taking all that information and computing the probability of the next “word”. Large language models, or GAI does simply that and we are surprised at the result, the “appearance” of intelegence.

[higgsboson]

I think this my favourite documentary ever.

[exe.mdnght]

21:57 this clicked for me ! superb documentary !

[hypercomms]

One man who deserved recognition is John Von Neumann, whose stored program control Computer architecture we still used today. He also had a lot to do with the development of the atomic hydrogen bombs.

[lockedoutofaccount]

It's such a shame Alan Turning died so young what a genius he was.

[AWBepi]

I love the information but the soundtrack is maddening.

[techcafe]

I sometimes find the background audio tracks to be way too loud, especially compared to the voice narration, making it difficult to follow along. Please keep this in mind for your viewers, who'd like to HEAR what's being said, and not so much noisy background distractions. Thank you.

[kevg]

Interesting video. However, a small mention about teleportation of actual physical objects would have been good. For example.... You scan a drinking cup using a modern 3D scanner, then send the data over the internet to someone the other side of the world. The receiver then uses the data to recreate an exact physical copy of the cup using a 3D printer. When you think about it, it is a form of teleportation.

[oldfatbastad]

i never rget bored with a JaK documentary 😃

[thehowlingterror]

BBC documentaries...best in the world.

[JCKnuckles]

I love Prof. Jim ❤ he is brilliant and so ealSy to listen too!😮