Drawing Algorithms
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An algorithm, drawn by a 23-year-old female chemistry master student in Turkey.

I have one more question, can you draw how an algorithm works? An algorithm ... Can I do it by giving an example? As you wish. I know how an algorithm works. You have a problem, you try to get to certain results by coming up with solutions to this problem. For example, let's say I'm hungry. I'm hungry. My first - not the solution - my way is whether there is something to eat at home. Is there food at home? Let's say, there can be two answers to this: one is yes, the other is no. If I say yes, I reach my first result, cook yourself. If we say no, order online. All the roads leading to a certain result - you can divide it into millions of different branches. This is a tiny algorithm that produces one solution and draws two conclusions. Do I need to elaborate more on this? Is that all? That’s all. When did you first hear about the algorithms? Hmm, I actually know what this means, that is, such a diagram/scheme can be drawn or that there is such a system. But I probably heard the word algorithm in high school for the first time. I learned then that algorithm was actually associated with this diagram. But I knew about it instinctively when I was younger. I am sure I learned the vocabulary/technical term later. In what context did you hear about them? Hmm, I think I can say computer. I may have heard that term for the first time in a computer class. [The concept] that something works with algorithms. Do you remember? Unfortunately I do not remember very specifically. I understand. So do you hear about algorithms today? Yes, I mean, it’s a word that is imposed on our daily lives. Again, especially in classes. I am sure we don’t hear about it regarding our daily lives. However, there are magazines covering science themes, maybe documentaries, lectures etc. I understand.