Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Fort Belvoir, Engineer Proving Ground
Author: Army RD & A.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Professional publication of the RD & A community.
Proving Ground
Author: Kathy KleimanPublisher: Hurst Publishers
ISBN: 1787389200
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
As the Cold War began, America’s race for tech supremacy was taking off. Experts rushed to complete the top-secret computing research started during World War II, among them six gifted mathematicians: a patriotic Quaker, a Jewish bookworm, a Yugoslav genius, a native Gaelic speaker, a sophomore from the Bronx, and a farmer’s daughter from Missouri. Their mission? Programming the world’s first and only supercomputer—before any code or programming languages existed. These pioneers triumphed against sexist attitudes and huge technical challenges to invent computer programming, yet their monumental contribution has never been recognised—until now. Over a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded their stories. Here, with a light touch and a serious mind, she exposes the deliberate erasure of their achievements and restores the women to their rightful place as revolutionaries, bringing to life their camaraderie, their determination, and their rapidly changing world. As big tech struggles with gender inequality and momentum builds in restoring women to history, the time has come for this engrossing story to be uncovered and celebrated.
Proving Grounds
Author: Scott KirschPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813536668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In Proving Grounds, Scott Kirsch traces the rise and fall of this astonishing cold war initiative. He examines the work that went into making "geographical engineering" or "earthmoving" an imminent possibility as well as the public controversy, scientific uncertainty, and political opposition that kept it--with the exception of several massive craters in the Nevada desert--out of the landscape.
Human Engineering
Author: Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Human engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Army RD & A Bulletin
Author: Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Author: American Society of Mechanical EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Engineering
Author: The Journal of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia and Affiliated Societies
Author: Engineers Club of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description