92: The Chemistry of Computers & The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

What does chemistry have to do with computers? Well it might just be the best way to understand what's actually going on inside a CPU! And how could there have been a moon hoax back in 1835? Well it involves cosmic pluralism and Edgar Allen Poe so buckle up! Images we Talk About: Vaccuum Tubes in Computers The First Integrated Circuit Another early Integrated Circuit Prototype People Etching a Circuit Mask TED How are Microchips Made Video Etching from the Great Moon Hoax Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:23) The Chemistry of Computers (01:04:27) The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 (01:49:15) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: BOOOO, a first time interview for this podcast, tom tries to define an integrated circuit, semiconductors, being mid at conducting is vital, silicon silica and silicone, quartz is one of the most abundant minerals and it’s just silica, the metalloids, transistors are so important but so vague, Caroline and Ella were not expecting a trans rights joke, for once of your jokes deserved more appreciation, the quest to make the smallest switch, semiconductors or on the edge of flipping between conductive or not, vacuum bulb…