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Katherine Johnson: the "Human Computer"

  • Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library 30 South Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (map)

Join the JP Branch Library for a lecture by Muqeedah Salaam and Frederick Williams of His-tor-i-cal-ly Cor-rect about the "human computer," Katherine Johnson. She was a mathematician who worked at NASA and performed complex calculations by hand, playing a crucial role in early space missions.