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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the intent of the Principia Mathematica?
2. The telegraph invented by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail was based on what function?
3. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?
4. How did sub-Saharan African tribes communicate over long distances?
5. In the prologue to "The Information", what year does Gleick identify as a crucial year in the history of information and computing?
Short Essay Questions
1. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what young woman?
2. What innovation was made in the 17th century by Scot mathematician John Napier?
3. By reducing information to its elemental form, Claude Shannon opened up a new field of scientific inquiry that proved to have applications not only in communications, but in what other fields?
4. What were the two stages of a "bit" as conceived by Claude Shannon?
5. While Shannon worked on secret cryptography projects for the US government during World War II, what theory about information did he conceive?
6. What did Claude Shannon create from examining the statistical makeup of the English language?
7. What culture developed the earliest known method of writing language with the use of pictures to represent things?
8. Who first at the concept of "bandwith" and in what context was it first conceived?
9. After the use of pictures, what were the next two stages of language development?
10. How was the "telephone number" born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What did Charles Bennet put forward to possibly replace "bits" in information processing? How was Bennet's work related to quantum physics?
Essay Topic 2
Provides descriptions and the functionality of the "Differential Analyzer" and the "Principia Mathematica." How did early technological advancements lead to the merging of math and logic which lead to modern computing.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the work of Charles Babbage. What was the purpose of his machine, the "difference engine" and how did it function? What contribution did the Babylonians make to mathematics and how was it relevant to knowledge sharing?
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