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45 Empire of the Sum a history of the pocket calculator
45 Empire of the Sum a history of the pocket calculator
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Another episode title Im jealous of becuase I didn't pick it, it's the work of Keith Houston a writer and software engineer who has made a habit of writing about things that are there in plain sight. He has written about the history of punctuation, a book about the book and last year a book about the history of the pocket calculator. There's lots of interesting nuggets in this episode including how an ant counts, who counts with their genitals, the unlikely role a Tea company played in making calculators, what happens when there's an actual bug in your computer, and when it comes to calculators, what does Keith think is the fairest of them all.
Released:
Mar 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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