From Fingers to Qubits
In short: From a notched bone and clay tablets to zero, algebra, Babbage's engine, Turing's universal machine and today's fragile qubits, a 60-second journey through the long, uneven growth of mathematical abstraction.
A 1:26 short film in the series “From Fingers to Qubits”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Human Origins Program, “Ishango Bone”; Academia.edu (uploaded paper by Andrej Kapcar, undated), “Tally Sticks of the Stone Age”; Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History), “Cuneiform Tablet | Smithsonian Institution”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Writing - Scripts, Alphabets, Cuneiform | Britannica”; Science Museum (London), Science Museum Blog; article by Roger Highfield and Matt Kimberley, 14 September 2017, “Illuminating India: starring the oldest recorded origins of ‘zero’, the Bakhshali manuscript”; Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, “Radiocarbon dating of the Bakhshālī manuscript - ORA”; MacTutor History of Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, “Al-Khwarizmi - Biography”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Hindu-Arabic numerals | History & Facts | Britannica”; Science Museum (Science Museum Group), “Charles Babbage’s Difference Engines and the Science Museum | Science Museum”; Science Museum (Science Museum Group), London, “Lovelace, Turing and the invention of computers | Science Museum”; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University), “The Modern History of Computing”; A. M. Turing, 'On Computable Numbers' (1936), Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society; PDF hosted by the University of Virginia Department of Computer Science, “Turing_Paper_1936.pdf”; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, “Quantum Computing Explained”; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physical Measurement Laboratory, “Quantum Networks at NIST: Glossary | NIST”; Nature Reviews Physics (Springer Nature), “A series of fast-paced advances in Quantum Error Correction”; Nature Physics (Springer Nature), “Exponentially tighter bounds on limitations of quantum error mitigation”.
Sources used in this film
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Human Origins Program — Ishango Bone · View →
- Academia.edu (uploaded paper by Andrej Kapcar, undated) — Tally Sticks of the Stone Age · View →
- Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History) — Cuneiform Tablet | Smithsonian Institution · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Writing - Scripts, Alphabets, Cuneiform | Britannica · View →
- Science Museum (London), Science Museum Blog; article by Roger Highfield and Matt Kimberley, 14 September 2017 — Illuminating India: starring the oldest recorded origins of ‘zero’, the Bakhshali manuscript · View →
- Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford — Radiocarbon dating of the Bakhshālī manuscript - ORA · View →
- MacTutor History of Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews — Al-Khwarizmi - Biography · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Hindu-Arabic numerals | History & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Science Museum (Science Museum Group) — Charles Babbage’s Difference Engines and the Science Museum | Science Museum · View →
- Science Museum (Science Museum Group), London — Lovelace, Turing and the invention of computers | Science Museum · View →
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University) — The Modern History of Computing · View →
- A. M. Turing, 'On Computable Numbers' (1936), Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society; PDF hosted by the University of Virginia Department of Computer Science — Turing_Paper_1936.pdf · View →
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce — Quantum Computing Explained · View →
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physical Measurement Laboratory — Quantum Networks at NIST: Glossary | NIST · View →
- Nature Reviews Physics (Springer Nature) — A series of fast-paced advances in Quantum Error Correction · View →
- Nature Physics (Springer Nature) — Exponentially tighter bounds on limitations of quantum error mitigation · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Human Origins Program: Ishango Bone
- Also: Academia.edu (uploaded paper by Andrej Kapcar, undated): Tally Sticks of the Stone Age
- Also: Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History): Cuneiform Tablet | Smithsonian Institution
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Writing - Scripts, Alphabets, Cuneiform | Britannica
- Also: Science Museum (London), Science Museum Blog; article by Roger Highfield and Matt Kimberley, 14 September 2017: Illuminating India: starring the oldest recorded origins of ‘zero’, the Bakhshali manuscript
- Also: Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford: Radiocarbon dating of the Bakhshālī manuscript - ORA
- Also: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews: Al-Khwarizmi - Biography
- Also: www.britannica.com — Hindu-Arabic numerals | History & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Charles Babbage’s Difference Engines and the Science Museum | Science Museum
- Also: Lovelace, Turing and the invention of computers | Science Museum
- Also: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University): The Modern History of Computing
- Also: A. M. Turing, 'On Computable Numbers' (1936), Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society; PDF hosted by the Universi: Turing_Paper_1936.pdf
- Also: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce: Quantum Computing Explained
- Also: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physical Measurement Laboratory: Quantum Networks at NIST: Glossary | NIST
- Also: Nature Reviews Physics (Springer Nature): A series of fast-paced advances in Quantum Error Correction
- Also: Nature Physics (Springer Nature): Exponentially tighter bounds on limitations of quantum error mitigation
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