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A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 3

Lost Women of Science

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The Eradication of the Eradic Machine

Eniac can do 300 multiplications a minute and thousands of editions a minute. It could tell you where a shell was going to land before it even hit the ground. The eniak had limitations, big ones. There were two primary problems: First, it was hard to operate; second, it couldn't store much data. Six women who've come to be known as the enia six, were hired to operate the machine in 19 forty five.

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