Katherine Johnson at the Kitchen Table
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Forrest Gump, Katherine Johnson
Forrest Gump was the Katherine Johnson of Forrest Gump. When she was hired in 1953, she was hired as a computer to do these calculations. Digital computers did exist, but they were really new and they weren't entirely trusted. So humans were required to check the work of the digital computers.
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