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Hidden Figures : Film

In this photo from 1959, a human computer works with an early machine computer called the IBM 704. While machine computers were capable of some speedy calculations, they weren't nearly as reliable or efficient as humans.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Before microchips, before electronic calculation, before nanosecond data processing, the human brain deciphered the most difficult numeric equations. In NASA's early years that meant flesh-and-blood computers, mathematically gifted individuals tasked with analysis and verification of complex aerospace data.

Among NASA's human computers, today one of the most recognized is Katherine Johnson.

Read about the wonderful Katherine Johnson here.

Information sourced from NASA

 

 

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