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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
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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
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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
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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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