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According to his video introduction, Gates saw the lectures when he was younger. [2] He enjoyed the physics concepts and Feynman's lecturing style, and later acquired the rights to make the video available to the public. He hopes that this will encourage others to make educational content available for free. [3]
In 1975, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed a version of BASIC for the Altair 8800, one of the earliest personal computers, it helped launch the personal computer industry. [18] Kurtz's work on BASIC was recognized by the IEEE as part of their milestone program, which marks historic places for human innovation from around the world. A ...
OER Project is a non-profit open educational resources provider co-founded in 2011 by Bill Gates and David Christian.Originally known as Big History Project (BHP), the titular course was intended to enable the global teaching of the subject of Big History, which has been described as "the attempt to understand, in a unified way, the history of Cosmos, Earth, Life and Humanity."
Having developed his first software program at age 13, Bill Gates would go on to revolutionize the world of technology. In doing so, this would make him the richest man in the world for several years.
[6] [7] The family lived in the Sand Point area of Seattle in a home that was damaged by a rare tornado when Gates was 7. [8] When Gates was young his parents wanted him to pursue a career in law. [9] During his childhood, his family regularly attended a church of the Congregational Christian Churches, a Protestant Reformed denomination. [10 ...
In a Twitter thread posted May 15, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates said if he had to do college all over again he'd major in these three fields.
Gates, whose company revolutionized office productivity and PC gaming, says he owes much of his gains to a childhood spent outdoors, immersed in creative, adventurous and tech-free play. Don't miss
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution is an overview of the history of computer science and the Digital Revolution.It was written by Walter Isaacson, and published in 2014 by Simon & Schuster.