Gallery Talk: Computing at MIT - Dynamic Machines

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  • MIT Museum
  • Photo of the whirlwind computer

    Computation and engineering are inextricably linked... the more we can compute, the larger the problems we can solve.

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    Free with museum admission

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    • In-person only.

    MIT Museum, Gambrill Center

    314 Main Street
    Building E-28
    Cambridge, MA 02142
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  • Area 2, East Cambridge, and The Port

    Dates and Times

    શનિવાર, સપ્ટેમ્બર 6 2PM – 2:30PM

    Additional information

    Join software archaeologist Guy Fedorkow for a short tour of history of computing at MIT, with stops in the 1940s with Vannevar Bush's mechanical Differential Analyzer, the 1950s with MIT's Whirlwind digital computer, and the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computer. 

    Photo of the whirlwind computer

    શનિવાર, સપ્ટેમ્બર 6 2PM – 2:30PM

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    Kate Silverman Wilson

    MIT Museum

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    Last updated ઑગસ્ટ 15, 2025.