An Examined Education

Computer Science | Dr. Reuben Settergren

Episode Summary

Dr. Reuben Settergren, Cambridge's Computer Science teacher, joins us to talk about how a purposefully low-tech liberal arts education can integrate computers in a classical manner. Reuben shares a lot of insights into the history and benefits of computer science. In doing so, he references a couple of sources that can be found in the show notes, so make sure to check those out!

Episode Notes

3:16 on amazon

Hermann Zapf's illustration of John 3:16

1 Tim 3:16  "note the Russian orthodox cross in the negative space" -Dr. Settergren

literateprogramming.com

The Annotated Turing, Charles Petzold

Eyes in the Sky, Arthur Holland Michel

Beauty and Joy of Computing:

"We also think that computer programs (not just the pictures that programs can produce) can be things of beauty.... good programmers develop a sense of programming aesthetics."