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Hilda Geiringer and the Curious Behavior of Stressed Metals
Beholding a bar of metal, it seems an object almost primal in its simplicity. Solid, reliable, the stuff of which cities are made. Peek...
Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 25, 2023
Spherical Triangles and Domineering Males: The Saga of Grace Chisholm Young
When Grace Chisholm, at age 28, married the mathematician William Henry Young, she had every prospect of a brilliant career before her....
Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 25, 2023
The Early Days of IBM at NASA: Evelyn Boyd Granville.
The IBM 650 was a marvellous beast. The world’s first mass-produced (and first profitable) computer, it was the mainstay machine of the...
Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 25, 2023
In Defense of the Soil: One Century with Hydrodynamic Mathematician Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina
Water is that great, terrible thing. Its chemical properties make it a magnificent solvent and coolant, which is wonderful if you’re...
Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 25, 2023
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