TOP SECRET ROSIES.
The article discusses the work of the Philadelphia Computing Section (PCS) of the University of Pennsylvania, a group of women who did mathematical work in support of the U.S. military during World War II. These women essentially acted as human computers who calculated trajectories and other figures...
| Published in: | American Heritage Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 50 - 58 |
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