What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John
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You work at the college library. You’re in the middle of a quiet afternoon when suddenly, a shipment of 1,280 books arrives. The books are in a straight line, but they're all out of order, and the automatic sorting system is broken. How can you sort the books quickly? Chand John shows how, shedding light on how algorithms help librarians and search engines speedily sort information.
List your 10 favorite foods. Now list them again, but in a list numbered 1 through 10, from most favorite (#1) to least favorite (#10). How hard was it for you to sort these foods into a list, and why?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Chand John
- Director Anton Trofimov
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
