The Enigma of Computation | How do "State Machines" Work? (History & Technology Documentary)

Whew! This one took awhile, but I'm really happy with how it turned out!

In this video, we discuss:

Computers
Finite-State Machines
The first practical examples of computers in contemporary society - Traffic Lights
The Enigma Cipher and the Cryptanalysis of it by Polish, French, and English cryptographers
The creation of the first "calculation machines" or "processing units" by Marian Rejewski and Alan Turing
The invention of the first programming language - Plankalkül
The rapid advancement of computing into our everyday lives thanks to the development of semiconductors and electronics

Video Sources:

Futurama - Trial and Error Message

Numberphile:
158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma Machine) – Numberphile: https://youtu.be/G2_Q9FoD-oQ
Flaw in the Enigma Code: https://youtu.be/V4V2bpZlqx8

The Inner Workings of an Enigma Machine: https://youtu.be/mcX7iO_XCFA

Konrad Zuse and His First Computer of the World 1958 TV Report (I really recommend watching this video – you actually get to hear the words straight from the horse's mouth): https://youtu.be/n8Yo-wD-QTo

TierZoo – How Humans Broke the Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJzJtm7OfdQ

The Antikythera Mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA

Real Engineering - How Russia Stopped the Blitzkrieg: https://youtu.be/HUgV8_meyo8

Real Engineering - Transistors - The Invention That Changed The World:
https://youtu.be/OwS9aTE2Go4

Total War Atilla – All Faction Intro Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U94hD-1rmM8

Traffic Signals 1937 Documentary (Seeing Green) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVBi7_UsbWM

Paris 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlve5Ws07E

Paris 1939 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Twexv9aI98

Germany 1939 Map: http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/europe_1936.htm

Genius Channel: Nikola Tesla Part 2: The War of Idea – History Channel

The Imitation Game (2014)

The Catcher Was A Spy (2018)

Alan Turing Website: http://www.alanturing.net/turing_archive/pages/Reference%20Articles/codebreaker.html
(I realize now I didn't mention it in the video, but Turing was indicted for public indecency in 1952 for being a homosexual. The UK Government has only recently pardoned him.)

Rubik's Cube World Record 4.22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevGDFBfQGw

0.38 Second Rubik's Cube Solve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt00QzKuNVY

Link, David(2009)'Resurrecting Bomba Kryptologiczna: Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts, I',Cryptologia,33:2,166 — 182 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01611190802562809)
(The Polish cryptographers didn't fare much better. They kept quiet until 1984, because they were afraid the Soviet regime would think they were Polish Nationalists. These secrets have only recently been uncovered. I wonder what else hides under the surface?)

Konrad Zuse Computer History: https://youtu.be/HEmFqohbQCI

Music Sources:

Unfound - Reach

Fletcher Henderson - Hot And Anxious

Eagle Eyed Tiger – Frontier

Hello Meteor – A Stable Construct

Company of Heroes 2 Western Front Menu Theme

The Imitation Game Soundtrack - Alan

Verdegrand – Aquatic Ambience

Okami Piano Arrange – Inside the Water Dragon

oDDling - Aurora

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