[TUHS] OT: Konrad Zuse

[Andy Kosela]

On Sunday, December 17, 2017, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> We lost Konrad Zuse on this day in 1995; he invented the world's first
> programmable computer -- the Z3 -- which was unfortunately lost in the
> Berlin bombing during 1943.
>
>
He is also known for being a pioneer in digital physics and has written a
very peculiar book on the subject[1].  Highly recommended if anyone is
interested in those subjects.

--Andy

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculating_Space
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