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TIL NASA used to employ women as human calculators and NASA had whole rooms devoted to them (www.youtube.com)
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Katherine Johnston and Euler's method

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[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The movie Hidden figures tells story of Katherine Johnston (and many others).

[–] dd97843@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

And it is a great and watchable movie with great performances by its stars. I recommend it highly.

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

When I teach my students statistics, this is the first fun fact I tell them.

[–] Lantech@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

More than just NASA, the word "calculator" used to be a job title not a device.