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Machine That Changed The World, The; World at Your Fingertips, The
11/05/1991
5:00:00:00 TC
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- Series
- Machine That Changed The World, The
- Program
- World at Your Fingertips, The
- Program Number
105
- Series Description
Five part series chronicling the personalities and events of the computer revolution. Program traces the history of development of computer to the modern personal computer, to future developments on the horizon. Focus on history of computers from 19th century to PC, present day applications, and future developments. Featured participants include J. Presper Eckert; Thomas Watson, Jr; Steve Wozniak; Steve Jobs; William H. Gates; Marvin Minsky; Mitchell Kapor. Narrated by Will Lyman.
101: Giant Brains; 102: Inventing the Future; 103: The Paperback Computer; 104: The Thinking Machine; 105: The World at Your Fingertips. Series release date: 1992
- Program Description
Five part series chronicling the personalities and events of the computer revolution. Program traces the history of development of computer to the modern personal computer, to future developments on the horizon. Focus on history of computers from 19th century to PC, present day applications, and future developments. Featured participants include J. Presper Eckert; Thomas Watson, Jr; Steve Wozniak; Steve Jobs; William H. Gates; Marvin Minsky; Mitchell Kapor. Narrated by Will Lyman.
101: Giant Brains; 102: Inventing the Future; 103: The Paperback Computer; 104: The Thinking Machine; 105: The World at Your Fingertips.
- Duration
00:66:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Technology
- Citation
- Chicago: “Machine That Changed The World, The; World at Your Fingertips, The,” 11/05/1991, GBH Archives, accessed December 2, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_202068DAE2E24922B0052968EAB54C97.
- MLA: “Machine That Changed The World, The; World at Your Fingertips, The.” 11/05/1991. GBH Archives. Web. December 2, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_202068DAE2E24922B0052968EAB54C97>.
- APA: Machine That Changed The World, The; World at Your Fingertips, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_202068DAE2E24922B0052968EAB54C97