The Computer and the Mind of Man - Season 1 Episode 4 The Control Revolution

Name: The Computer and the Mind of Man
Genre: Documentary
Released: 07 Jan 1963
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Cast: Dr. Richard Hamming, J. Presper Eckert, Dr. C.R. DeCarlo, Dr. Thomas Burton

1963-01-07 United States of America 48 minutes.

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Documentary computer technology

Episodes
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Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Dec 03, 1962

1 - 1

Logic by Machine Dec 03, 1962
1 - 2

Universe of Numbers Dec 10, 1962
1 - 3

Universal Machine Dec 17, 1962
1 - 4

The Control Revolution Dec 24, 1962
1 - 5

Managers and Models Dec 31, 1962
1 - 6

Engine at the Door Jan 07, 1963

Overview

While the industrial revolution resulted in tools for producing things the control revolution is bringing about the use of a tool (the computer) to control the tools which make things. The development of these information machines or electronic computers has made possible automatic control of routine tasks in government industry, and general business. The programs shows one of the earliest non-scientific applications of computer control – the recording, storing, and processing of vast data handled by the Social Security Administration.

Year 1963

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Director Donley Feddersen

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Popularity 0.0856

Language English