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Thanks to developments in science and technology, you can't add jobs like slubber doffers and night soil men to your resume these days.

“When the Computer Wore a Skirt: NASA's Human Computers” explores the history and personalities the film and book “Hidden Figures."

Figures." before a computer was an object in your pocket it was a job description, a human being who did exhausting mathematical calculations on paper. nasa employed human computers to help with the early space program before machines did all the math. back in 2019 nasa renamed the street in front of its national headquarters hidden figures way, and rightly so. every digit and decimal meant the difference between making history and causing tragedy. and last summer nasa renamed its headquarters a...

There was probably no way for him to know that behind these whiteys on the moon were a lot of black women. many of us learned of them through the 2017 movie "hidden figures." before a computer was an object in your pocket, it was a job description, a human being who did exhausting mathematical calculations on paper. nasa employed human computers to help with the early space program before machines did all the math. back in 2019, nasa renamed the street in front of its washington headquarters hid...

Niisry made.rsk man engineer.o >> liftoff. we have a liftoff. >> reporter: part of a small group of black women hired as mathematicians at nasa. she was known as one of the human computers at langley. jackson on the far right. her role portrayed in the film "hidden figures" by actress janelle monae. >> if you were a white male, would you wish to be an engineer? >> i wouldnt have to. id already be one. >> reporter: jackson became the first black female engineer at nasa in 1958 after being granted...

What was it like? Did you ever talk with the male engineers in those early years? Yes, I often did after getting an assignment. Once, an engineer asked me to complete his work by writing a computer program. It was an interesting assignment. When I finished, he said my program gave incorrect answers. I reviewed and ran it again. He laughed and said, “That’s still not right.” I didn’t like the laugh. My work wasn’t wrong. I looked at the work he had done prior to giving m...

Cities of Light, a collection of science fiction, art, and essays about “how the transition to solar energy will transform our cities and catalyze revolutions in politics, governance, and culture.” The book is a collaboration between Arizona State University and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. It explores solar futures in four U.S. cities: Chicago, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and San Antonio, Texas. Cities of Light features fiction by Paolo Bacigalupi, ...

Shakuntala Devi counts her blessings The ‘human computer’ had a variety of interests. Shakuntala Devi turned a remarkable talent into a remarkable career. Credit: Hetvee S Patel, via Wikimedia Commons Think of the boxy grey desktop computer that sat on your desk, or the massive grey tower computer under your desk, or the lightweight shiny tablet computer in your handbag, or even the smartphone computer in the palm of your hand. Now, consider Scottish-born Williamina Paton Fleming, who in th...

Finally tonight, hidden no longer. mary w. jackson was born and raised in hampton, virginia. she was an engineer and a pioneer. >> liftoff, we have a liftoff. >> part of a small group of black women hired as mathematicians at nasa. helping america win the space race. she was known as one of the human computers at langley. there they are in the front row, jackson on the far right. her role portrayed in the film "hidden figures" by actress janelle monáe. >> if you were a white male, would you wis...

Youll find the story. the think i found disturbing was that if you are going to tell the original story of john glenn, right, not about the women who are working off to the side like we know, but if youre going to tell the story of john glenn, theres a moment where he was going to go or wasnt going to go. like telling a joke and maybe leaving out the punch line. there was a moment where he was going to go or not go and it hung on the balance of a young woman who was going to have to do the math ...