u/derivein r/compsci • Recommends
On “A Good Documentary On The History Of Computer Science”
The Machine That Changed the World is probably what you want. (5 hours)
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The Machine that Changed the World : Episode I - Great Brains
Alex Sirota
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- Recommended by 4 people: 4 in engineering communities.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2014 to 2020.
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
60K views15 years ago4 recommendations
History and cultureHistory of computingPeople who shaped computing
The first episode of the classic documentary series covers the early history of computing and its pioneers.
full documentary is now on this show case - newpathconsulting.com/2020/09/the-machine-that-changed-the-w… The Machine That Changed the World which was produced by WGBH Television in Boston MA, in cooperation with the British Broadcasting Corp., with support from ACM, NSF and UNISYS. ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/TMTCTW.htmlWhy it's here
4 people recommend thisWhat people say. Highly recommended by engineers as one of the best documentary series on the history of computer science.
u/cowgod42in r/compsci • Recommends
On “CS version of Neil Degrasse Tyson”
Not a CS version of NDT, but maybe a CS version of Cosmos:
* The Machine That Changed The World
is a great 5-part documentary that talks about the development of computers. I learned a lot from watching it.
u/LongUsernamein r/compsci • Recommends
On “I'm watching Cosmos on Netflix right now, and am thinking, damn it would be awesome if there was something like this for Comp Sci to share with my non Comp Sci friends”
"The Machine that Changed the World" is the best "all in one" CS documentary miniseries out there that I've seen.
u/QSCFEin r/compsci • Recommends
On “What are your favourite CS history blogs/articles?”
Title | link | notes
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Bitwise Computer Science Podcast | https://www.bitwisepodcast.com/ | I discovered this Podcast on this sub https://redd.it/aaxg6x but I'm sad because there are only six episodes though.
Awesome Computer History | https://github.com/watson/awesome-computer-history | A curated list of computer history videos, documentaries and related folklore articles maintained by Thomas Watson. Inspired by the awesome list thing.
The Machine That Changed the World \(miniseries\)) | YouTube ~ 5 episodes (5 hours) | Sorry, it's not a blog/article, but a documentary. I only watched Episode 1 and intent to complete the series, I recommend you to take a look and judge. +…
u/LongUsernamein r/compsci • Recommends
On “What are some of the best computer / programming related documentaries out there?”
PBS did a documentary series called "The Machine that Changed the World". It's pretty dated now, but still has lots of great information and covers the early years into the 90's well (it was released in 1992).
u/BarqsDewin r/compsci • Mentions
On “I'm watching Cosmos on Netflix right now, and am thinking, damn it would be awesome if there was something like this for Comp Sci to share with my non Comp Sci friends”
Video not available... same as link to this video I hope?