THE YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II WERE AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS.
LANGLEY MEMORIAL AERONAUTICS LABORATORY
THIS PROGRESS PUSHED THE IMAGINATIONS OF INVENTORS ENGINEERS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
LANGLEY BOUGHT ITS FIRST ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. DOROTHY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE COMPUTERS WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT SHE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THINGS WERE DONE AT THE LABORATORY
1947
DOROTHY VAUGHAN
THE MATH REQUIERED TO STUDY FOR THE NEW PROGRESS OF PLANES BECAME TOO COMPLICATED AND TOOK FOR THE MATHEMATICIANS AS LONG AS A MONTH TO SOLVE. THE COMPUTERS WERE FAST ! BUT THEY WERE NOT EASY TO USE ...
1950
COMPUTERS WERE FAST, BUT THEY COULD HAVE STILL PROCESS JUST ONE JOB AT A TIME, AND EVOLUTION OCCURED IN SCIENTIFIC JUST AS IT DOES IN NATURE : POSITIVE TRAITS CONTINUED AND OBSOLETE ONES DIED OFF.
I THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE DIRECT AND OPEN COMPETITION WITH THE WHITE COMPUTERS, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN HAD TO MEET OR EXCEED THE STANDARDS.
SO, THE SAME THING WAS GOING TO BE TRUE OF THE HUMAN COMPUTERS : THEY WOULD HAVE TO EVOLVE OR THEY WOULD BECOME OBSOLETE...