John Hopkins on Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:46:04 +0100 (CET)


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<nettime> Jay Forrester shows CBS the MIT Whirlwind Computer (1951)


From the archives...

https://youtu.be/5ZQP4G3Qwb4

Jay Forrester shows CBS the MIT Whirlwind Computer (1951)

The classic example of early rocket ballistic trajectory ...

and a banker's deLight -- compound interest calculation.

What a combination...

JH

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