Computers Add Like an Egyptian
Posted: December 17th, 2010 | Author: Marshall Wilson | Filed under: Blog | Tags: computers, math | Comments Off on Computers Add Like an EgyptianJust saw this video of mathematician Michael S. Schneider explaining how modern computers & ancient Egyptians share binary methods of arithmetic. Its really neat to see how multiplication & division are achieved using binary. So simple – yet so powerful!
via huffington post