SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T04:05:15-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsLibby Coleman on T³: Who is Katherine Johnson?Libby Colemanurn:uuid:bbf3d9e7-d9b3-1acc-95dd-a358141e881f2019-10-02T04:21:40-06:00<p>I loved to know about her, she is such an inspiration.</p>
Customer #1000547 on T³: Who is Katherine Johnson?Customer #1000547urn:uuid:6e41c012-e556-5a30-81a7-5d2ec338623e2017-05-22T22:36:42-06:00<p>I admire Catherine Johnson and she is my inspiration. Apollo 13 was the movie for me that created interest in space and Nasa. Watched the movie again yesterday. I didn't know that they are actually making a movie on her. Thank you so much for sharing this.</p>
bbotany on T³: Who is Katherine Johnson?bbotanyurn:uuid:4c3a85ae-9c90-c6fc-9432-c5f147d760ee2016-09-03T07:34:17-06:00<p>This actually answers a bunch of questions I had about how US rockets were aimed before LAPACK was written. Knowing the problems that are inside that she fully deserves the reputation that is usually (and sometimes correctly) associated with "rocket scientist": she <strong>has</strong> told how to throw a rock at a target 60 Earth radii away and ace the shot.</p>
Shawn Hymel on T³: Who is Katherine Johnson?Shawn Hymelurn:uuid:8c2d67f6-5b8d-fce8-362a-6e79baef37cf2016-08-24T09:47:12-06:00<p>Good read, thanks for sharing that article!</p>
Customer #494988 on T³: Who is Katherine Johnson?Customer #494988urn:uuid:eb1266b5-c1a9-effd-dbe9-1e82472564f82016-08-23T16:54:15-06:00<p>There was also a recent article in the Boulder newspaper on women mathematicians at Boulder's branch of the National Bureau of Standards, now the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
<a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_30244266/boulder-county-history-women-found-math-careers-at" rel="nofollow">Boulder County history: Women found math careers at the 'Bureau'</a>
These women were among the earliest computer programmers.</p>