CS175
In Development
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CS 175
How Things Work
PageRank. GPS. The phone in your pocket. Three technologies derived from first principles. Includes signature project: Build a Computer from Scratch.
18Weeks
3Units
3Tracks
0Exams
How Things Work
About This Course
PageRank. GPS. The phone in your pocket. Three technologies derived from first principles. Includes signature project: Build a Computer from Scratch.
Learning Objectives
01
Derive PageRank from eigenvalue equations
02
Understand GPS from pseudoranges to relativity
03
Trace smartphone from transistors to full system
04
First principles thinking
05
Critical questions about technology control
Course Philosophy
01
Always Ask Why
02
Derive Before Using
03
Build Something Small