How Female Mathematicians Helped Win WWII

Posted: February 10, 2011 | Author: Karl | Filed under: Uncategorized |Leave a comment »

Before computers, humans had to perform all calculations pretty much by hand. During World War II, thousands of ladies were hired to perform calculations related to ballistics. CNN has an excellent article about these national heroes. (Several high school students were similarly hired to work at Los Alamos for research related to the atomic bomb.)

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