Ep. 257 – 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future

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TOPIC:     Dave and Mike have a great time, joined by John MacCormick discussing his new book “9 Algorithms That Changed the Future”!  John breaks down the basics of everything from Euclid’s algorithm to modern day cryptography, web search and compression and somehow makes it accessible and easy to understand.  If you’ve ever been mystified and impressed by all the goings-on that must be happening in that electronic box you stare at all day, this is the show to listen to!

Jay Garmon jumps in gives us some great trivia too:

What Apollo 1 crew practical joke became accepted NASA policy as a tribute to the loss of that mission’s crew?

Coolsites of the week included:

• The evergreen TechTalk Facebook page http://facebook.com/techtalkwrlr (don’t forget to “like” us)!
• Hipmunk comes up again, and of course …
• You’ll want to find out more about John MacCormick’s fantastic book here.

Podcast only song is the smooth “Swim Until You Can’t See Land” by Frightened Rabbit off of their Winter of Mixed Drinks album.