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00:06 - 00:39 Steve Wozniak never set out to be famous. His passion was combining simple components, as few as possible, and making them work together to perform complex tasks. Born in 1950 in California, he was exposed to electronics from a young age, largely due to the profound influence of his father, Francis Jacob Wozniak. Jerry, as he was known, was also an engineer, and worked in the missile program at Lockheed during the height of the Cold War.

00:39 - 01:12 Because of this, Woz wasn't even allowed to ask about his father's job. But through these experiences, it was always conveyed that ethics were of extreme importance. Even before the age of four, Steve's father nurtured his curiosity by letting him tinker with electronic components and patiently explaining the principles behind them. From analyzing waveforms on an oscilloscope to understanding how light bulbs and transistors worked, these lessons gave Steve both the technical knowledge and an amazingly intuitive grasp of electronics.

01:13 - 01:53 His early passion for engineering grew through collaborations with the Electronics Kids, neighborhood friends who shared his interests. Using salvaged components, they built ambitious projects, including a house-to-house intercom system which allowed the children to communicate secretly. Wozniak's fascination with computers began in fourth grade, when he read about the ENIAC in one of his father's engineering journals. The ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was one of the world's first true computers, developed in the 1940s primarily to calculate ballistic firing tables for the U.S. Army.