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Proving ground : the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer
As the Cold War began, America's race for tech supremacy took off. Experts rushed to complete the top-secret computing research started during World War II, among them six gifted mathematicians: a patriotic Quaker, a Jewish bookworm, a Yugoslav genius, a native Gaelic speaker, a sophomore from the Bronx and a farmer's daughter from Missouri. Their mission? Program the world's first and only supercomputer - before any code or programming languages existed. 'Proving Ground' is the fascinating, forgotten story of the six brilliant women who launched modern computing.
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Women who launched the computer age
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission.
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Lucky That Way
“I decide that from now on we should listen to him. His lip may be deflated and his left side paralyzed, but he knows. And he has made terrible mistakes. But he knows. He knows. We are lucky that way.” Lucky That Way , a nuanced, richly engaging memoir, chronicles the joys and tribulations of a daughter who rediscovers her father as he nears the end of his life. Ernie Gerhardt, an artist and teacher, is largely estranged from his five children, but when he suffers a debilitating stroke, his daughter Pamela must fly to Las Vegas to tend to him. When she arrives to find Ernie newly and shockingly fragile, she is hit by an unexpected wave of tenderness. As she watches over him in intensive care, she recalls turning points in her family history—the early death of her mother and her father’s turn to heavy drinking--and reflects on the idiosyncrasies that make an imperfect and unique family, on what it means to become old, on what happens when parents are no longer the caregivers but the cared-for, and on how a family copes with their responsibility to the elderly. Written in a crisp, engaging style, the story is less about the drudgery of finding the right mix of medicines, at-home caregivers, and rehabilitation centers and more about the emotional ramifications of caring for the sick under the weight of sometimes flawed attachments. People make mistakes, grow old, get sick, and pass on from this world. Lucky That Way examines the irritations and comforts of contemporary family bonds. Gerhardt sifts through the complicated, multi-layered relationships for both wry comedy and high drama and records a string of triumphs and mishaps as Ernie and his five adult children struggle to manage his life and find meaning before their time runs out. The emerging theme of imperfect humans struggling with life's great mysteries will strike a chord of recognition with the tens of thousands of Baby-Boomers and Gen-Xers who are currently facing similar circumstances with their elderly loved ones. Pamela Gerhardt’s heartfelt story about a family coming to terms with their aging father’s illness and imminent death takes readers on an emotional roller coaster that highlights love, loss, humor, and sadness.
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Computer scientist Jean Bartik
\"Jean Bartik was one of the first programmers of the Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). Learn how her love of math led her to work for the Army and then help develop the ENIAC.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Understanding the Power of Abstraction in Patterns
An unusual experience report on mining and documenting patterns reveals the value of higher-level abstraction and of lower-level implementation in a different domain. We are all, pattern authors or not, limited by our own experience. We tend to see the solutions we've applied as the most useful and, therefore, the ones we want to document and share as patterns. Rarely do we take the time to look around, either at a higher level of abstraction or a related domain. We just don't have the time. Pattern writing consumes a lot of energy and, for those in the patterns community, the work involves shepherding (reviewing) conference papers and attending conference workshops. To write the most effective pattern languages, we must be flexible and open enough to exploit the power of abstraction when it's appropriate and to learn from any domain's implementation details, even if the connection seems remote. At the same time, we must be wise enough to see that not every discovery will lead to a pattern worth adding to our collection. Seeing each new idea clearly and examining it from all sides to identify its useful application will help us learn more about the problems we face. Maybe this is what learning is all about, and maybe this is how we keep building.
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Google cybersecurity expert Parisa Tabriz
Parisa Tabriz turned her toughness and her competitive spirit into a job as Google's top security expert. Learn how Tabriz went from battling her brothers to fighting cybercriminals at one of the world's most important tech companies.
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