Dr. Gladys West: The Mathematician Who Reshaped Our World
Command Line Heroes ›32:10 | Oct 27th, 2020
Aristotle and Eratosthenes are big names in geodesy. They got pretty close to measuring the size of the Earth. But the woman who got it done? She grew up a farmer, dreaming of something bigger. And he...Show More
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2021 NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award Recipient Dr. Gladys West was one of only four Black employees when she started working at the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren in 1956. She would go on to do calculations that made modern GPS possible. This podcast episode explains why her accomplishments are so imp...Show More
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