How does a calculator know what 85 + 85 is?

09/06/2025 40 min Temporada 1 Episodio 5
How does a calculator know what 85 + 85 is?

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Well, according to Dr C… it just does! But perhaps we can go a little deeper than that. Personally, I suspect that there’s a tiny gremlin inside each device, with many, many fingers to do all those calculations. However, Lucas Casparis tells a different story. Lucas helps us to understand how calculators actually do calculations, and explains the magic of Moore’s law.To get in touch with Lucas, email [email protected] get in touch with us at Talking of Science, email [email protected]