The ability to do long division, multiply fractions or add numbers in columns have gone the way of the slide rule. I still cringe, remembering recesses spent at the blackboard while Miss Cartwright ...
You’ve seen them before—the sleek, high-velocity darlings that light up ballistic charts like a fireworks display. On paper, ...
In 1942, six mathematicians were selected to program a machine that would help the US army calculate complex wartime ballistics tables. Using their combined mathematical and technical skill, these six ...