computer scientists

Chronicles the career of Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the Internet, describing how he came up with the idea, why he thought it was so important, and how he made his dream a reality.

Chronicles the life of physics professor John Vincent Atanasoff, who, in the late 1930s, devised a method of using the binary number system and electrical switches to create the world's first computing device, and describes how his ideas were stolen and used by the people commonly credited with creating the computer.

Presents the lives and accomplishments of major entrepreneurs and computer scientists responsible for the technological innovations of the twentieth century involving information processing, and the development of the Internet.

Examines advancements in computer science, describing the efforts of space engineers to create machines capable of adapting to extreme weather and radiation, explaining how "wetware" processing is built on DNA or bacterial cells, and discussing the future of intelligent machines.

Computer science professor Randy Pausch, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, discusses how to overcome obstacles in one's life and achieve one's dreams.