Some history
~1850: George Boole invents Boolean algebra
- Maps logical propositions to symbols
- Allows us to manipulate logic statements using mathematics
1938: Claude Shannon links Boolean algebra with switching devices
1945: John von Neumann develops the first stored program
1946: ENIAC…the first computer
- 18,000 tubes
- Several hundred multiplies per minute
1947: Shockley, Brittain, and Bardeen invent the transistor