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Maszyny Matematyczne, women, and computing: The birth of computers in the Polish communist era.

The history of computing usually focuses on achievements in Western universities and research centers and is mostly about what happened in the United States and Great Britain. However, in Eastern Europe, particularly in war-torn Poland, where there was very little state funding, many highly original...

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Published in:History of Science Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 409 - 436
Main Author: Petrocelli, Carla
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Sep2023
Subjects:
College curriculum
Women in war
Computer programming
Computer engineering
Computer science
World War II
Poland
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