Ask HN: Best way to learn about computing history?
Ben Eater's Youtube series "Building an 8-bit Breadboard Computer" is a really good introduction to the lowest levels of how a computer works:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2...</a><p>I recommended it to my daughter when she was taking a class in R and asked "But how does the COMPUTER know what to do?"