Other
Vintage Calculators: Web Museum
Learn about the history of calculators, from the 1960's to the present. Includes images.
Harvard University
Harvard University: Howard Aiken: Makin' a Computer Wonder
About Howard Aiken's mission to build the first programmable computer.
Other
U. S. Army Research Laboratory: The Eniac Story
This site provides a detailed history of ENIAC, the world's first digital computer developed by Army Ordnance to compute World War II ballistic firing tables. Includes specifics on how the computer performed its calculations.
PBS
Pbs American Experience: The Women Who Brought Us the Moon
Thousands of women began their careers at NASA as computers, before the advent of electronic machines. A diverse and potent force in space exploration, their calculations were ultimately responsible for sending astronauts to the moon.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: Harvard Mark I
The Harvard Mark I computer was the first large-scale automatic digital computer in the USA. This lecture provides a brief description of the Harvard Mark I computer.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He built the first mechanical calculator. This lecture presents a short treatment of his life and his accomplishments.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: The First Mechanical Calculator
The Pascaline was the first mechanical adding machine and was developed by Blaise Pascal. This lecture series presents a brief description of the history of the machine and how it worked.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Angles and Units
The application of trigonometry concepts to calculate complex forces of angular velocity and acceleration is illustrated.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Vector Magnitude & Normalization
Understanding how to calculate the length (also known as magnitude) of a vector. Normalizing a vector is also examined.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interactive Vector Motion
Understanding and programming interactive vector motion by calculating an objects acceleration according to a rule stated in Algorithm 3-the object accelerates towards the mouse.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Math Expressions in Js
Using mathematical operations to calculate and create expressions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Trig and Forces: The Pendulum
Using Newton's Laws of motion to calculate the acceleration of a pendulum as well as to compute and draw its position along the swing and move about the screen in a computationally based graphic system.
Nature Research
Nature Education: Studying and Projecting Climate Change
A model organizes what we think we know about something in order to predict how it might behave in the present, future, or past as well as how it might respond to external influence. Models are especially useful when direct, controlled...