More or Less, A pocket-size history of the calculator

More or Less

A pocket-size history of the calculator

3 February 2024

Available for over a year

How was the calculator invented? How did it go from something the size of a table to something that could be carried in your pocket, the must-have gadget of the 1970’s and 80’s?

Tim Harford unpicks the history of the calculator with Keith Houston, author of Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator.

Presenter: Tim Harford

Producer: Debbie Richford

Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

Series Producer: Tom Colls

Sound Mix: Hal Haines

Editor: Richard Vadon