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The origin story of the modern computer you’ve probably never heard | David Alan Grier

Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_... Modern computing began with a brutally practical question: how do you hit a fast-moving object in the sky? David Alan Grier traces the origins of computers back to wartime mathematics, analog machines, and the unlikely path from artillery calculations to programmable systems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About David Alan Grier: David Alan Grier, PhD, is a professor, writer, author, and speaker on issues of technology, society, and organizations. He is the author of several books including When Computers Were Human, which chronicles the 200-year history of how human computers performed calculations by hand. Grier is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).