Katherine Johnson was a mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Katherine, an African-American, was born in 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and died in 2020. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned […]
Discussing the work of Alan Turin. In this video, Paul Hazelden, discusses why Alan Turing, the subject of many films and documentaries and often referred to the father of modern computing science, should be considered one of the most influential people in computing. Born in 1912 Alan was an English mathematician and his contribution to […]
