Computers Are Just Rocks Doing Math

All computers throughout history have always functioned because of one simple device: a switch. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-computers-are-just-rocks-doing-math NEW CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@EquilibriumFX Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid - Producer Alexis Dahl - Content Consultant ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Sign-Up for Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): https://www.scienceasylum.com/paperback Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://www.scienceasylum.com/ebook Merchandise: https://www.scienceasylum.com/store ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Orderlies: Chloë Joan López, Dhruv Singhal, James Smith, Joel Wolhendler, Peter Engrav Einsteinium Crazies: A.C. S., Benjamin Sharef, Dan Sullivan, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Matias Cveczilberg, William Hutchison Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Kevin MacLean, Rick Myers Platinum Crazies: Christopher Bennett, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, E. W. Darbyshire, Ishay Oz, Jonathan Reel, Li-Ce Hu, Marino Hernandez, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Ulrich ________________________________ SOURCES https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1940/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/logic-gate-AND-OR-XOR-NOT-NAND-NOR-and-XNOR https://www.101computing.net/binary-additions-using-logic-gates/ https://www.101computing.net/binary-subtraction-using-logic-gates/ ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DtrY54F3AY&lc=Ugxv4pXLmrLXSrJ0iBh4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS ENIAC: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Beck_and_Betty_Snyder_program_the_ENIAC_in_building_328_at_the_Ballistic_Research_Laboratory.jpg Vacuum Tubes: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_triode_vacuum_tube_collection.jpg Transistors: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BC546B_transistor_(01).jpg ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 00:41 Switches 01:21 Binary Numbers 02:17 Binary Addition 02:53 Vacuum Tubes 03:59 Truth Table: Addition 05:13 Carry-Over Check 05:49 Sum Check 06:33 Logic Gates 07:27 Binary Subtraction 08:30 Binary Multiplication 09:01 Transistors 09:13 Closing Thoughts 09:58 Featured Comment