Article ID: CBB478109652

Female Computers, Unsung Heroes of World War II (Winter 2020)

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Wolverton, Mark (Author)


American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Volume: 26
Issue: 1

ISSN: 8756-7296

Publication Date: Winter 2020
Journal Abbreviation: AHIT
Edition Details: Special issue: 50 Women Inventors and Innovators
Physical Details: No pages for on-line version.
Language: English

In a top-secret program, talented, young female mathematicians calculated the artillery and bomb trajectories that American GIs and airmen used to win World War II.

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Authors & Contributors
Lisa Nakamura
Mitropoulos, Dimitris
Spinellis, Diomidis
Goss, George
Baker, Kevin T.
Fenster, Julie M.
Concepts
Computers and computing
Women and technology
World War II
Women in science
Women and Work
Computational methods
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Bletchley Park
Greece
Germany
Institutions
Club of Rome
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