Butterfly Effect S04E01 · Electricity: A Bright Idea!

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Our distant ancestors were afraid of lightning. For a long time it was thought that lightning was sent by the gods. Nowadays electricity is part of our daily life. Without it we would feel lost...

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11. 11 11. Algorithms: Following The Recipe!2021-10-06 · 25mToday, in our daily lives, we use countless machines to do our hard work for us. Each of them obeying a specific program, custom written in a particular language.
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