計算員
計算員(英語:Computer或human computer)是電子計算機發明以前,專門從事數學計算工作的人員,他們通常要分組進行冗長的計算。這項工作起源於17到18世紀的天文學計算。在二次大戰期間,許多女性成為計算員,參與了包括曼哈頓計畫在內的許多計算工作,這些計算員有許多後來從事早期計算機科學的發展。
參考文獻
- Grier, David Alan, The Human Computer and the Birth of the Information Age, Joseph Henry Lecture, Philosophical Society of Washington, May 11, 2001.
- Grier, David Alan, When Computers Were Human, Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-09157-9.
外部連結
- Early NACA human computers at work, photograph, October 1949.
- The Age of Female Computers, by David Skinner
- Sonoma University
- Wellesley
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