# Great Ideas from Computer Science

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Richard Harvey
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Computer science
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/great-ideas-computer-science)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Algorithms, loosely translated, are systems for doing things. Algorithms are thus the link from pre-history to the modern world – without algorithms we would have an inanimate universe without all the mess and complexity of real life. It turns out that the history of algorithms is messy.

## Lectures

1. [An Introduction to Algorithms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-great-ideas-computer-science/5d95c6903883) (YouTube)
2. [Data: The Past, the Present and the Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-great-ideas-computer-science/1edcaf6d70c8) (YouTube)
3. [An Introduction to Programs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-great-ideas-computer-science/daa3ac19cde4) (YouTube)
4. [Computers: A History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-great-ideas-computer-science/310b0a45d0ab) (YouTube)
5. [Networks: The Internet and Beyond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-great-ideas-computer-science/8e238aac38d6) (YouTube)
6. [The Future of Computer Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-great-ideas-computer-science/2d8fd542a69f) (YouTube)