tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post8537518250187298951..comments2024-03-28T14:56:46.834-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Harry Lewis's talk on The Birth of Binary on Dec 8 (Thats today!) Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-75746676877381895972022-12-09T08:40:35.416-06:002022-12-09T08:40:35.416-06:00That URL no longer exists; here's another: htt...That URL no longer exists; here's another: https://oll-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/oll3/store/titles/1433/Bacon_0414.htmlwjrapaport@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960085686835745630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-30974154650581649322022-12-09T07:23:02.526-06:002022-12-09T07:23:02.526-06:00Sir Francis Bacon, around 1605, developed an encod...Sir Francis Bacon, around 1605, developed an encoding of the alphabet by any objects “capable of a twofold difference”. (Bacon, Advancement of Learning, http://home.hiwaay.net/paul/bacon/advancement/book6ch1.html) Bacon used ‘a’ and ‘b’, but he also suggested that coding could be done “by Bells, by Trumpets, by Lights and Torches, by the report of Muskets, and any instruments of like natures”wjrapaport@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960085686835745630noreply@blogger.com