The women who launched the computer age
The women who launched the computer age
About this book
In 1946, six brilliant young women programmed the first all-electronic, programmable computer, the ENIAC, part of a secret World War II project. They learned to program without any programming languages or tools, and by the time they were finished, the ENIAC could run a complicated calculus equation in seconds. But when the ENIAC was presented to the press and public, the women were never introduced or given credit for their work. Learn all about what they did and how their invention still matters today in this story of six amazing young women everyone should meet!
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- OL20035554W
Subjects
ENIAC (Computer)Juvenile literatureComputer scientistsComputer programmersComputer industryWomen computer scientistsWomen computer programmersHistoryScientistsScientists, juvenile literatureWomen, united states, biographyWomen, biography, juvenile literature