I think this got started much earlier, and in Germany. Around the turn of the century or before. But I would not be surprised that it was used in the manhattan project. I have tried to look up references on the web, but it is dragging this evening. Look for an article titled "When computers were women." -Chuck
>As it happens, I recall that the late, great physicist Richard >Feynman described an operation exactly like that during the >Manhattan Project to build an atomic bomb. I believe it was his >idea to organize women to serve collectively as a human computer >to do the enormous number-crunching that was required. They must >have done an excellent job, because we all know the result. > >-Stephen > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 >Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 >Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Lennoxville, QC >J1M 1Z7 >Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: > http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
