Just Jack Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) For you math nerds... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-depicted-hidden-figures-dead-101-n1141566 Edited February 24, 2020 by Just Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Bravo. We should all live as full a life. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 If you haven't seen Hidden Figures, rent it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 RIP MS Johnson! Great lady, story and movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 As a retired computer programmer, I found the book the movie Hidden Figures was based on even better because it gives you more insight to the monumentality of Johnson and her cohorts' achievements. These ladies were literally human "computers" armed only with pencils, paper/chalkboards, and pretty primitive calculating aids like adding machines and slide rules. The computer (it was one room-sized physical behemoth called a "mainframe" computer) that guided and powered the Apollo missions to the moon wasn't even as powerful -- and certainly not as reliable -- as desktop computers from 20 or 25 years ago. The ladies in the NASA computing units literally had to manually do the same calculations as the computer to make sure that the machine got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Truly an amazing woman and proof that some people are really good with numbers just as others are musical geniuses. That John Glenn personally asked that Johnson double check the computer's calculations prior to his space flight speaks volumes about her capabilities and how trusted she was. You've lived a remarkable life when you reach the century mark...or earn the Presidential Medal of Freedom...or be an integral part of sending man into space...or breaking color and gender barriers with your talent and abilities...or have your life made into a hit movie...Katherine Johnson did all of those things - bravo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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