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Download or read book Proving Ground written by Kathy Kleiman and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Cold War began, America’s race for tech supremacy was taking off. Experts rushed to complete the top-secret computing research started during World War II, among them six gifted mathematicians: a patriotic Quaker, a Jewish bookworm, a Yugoslav genius, a native Gaelic speaker, a sophomore from the Bronx, and a farmer’s daughter from Missouri. Their mission? Programming the world’s first and only supercomputer—before any code or programming languages existed. These pioneers triumphed against sexist attitudes and huge technical challenges to invent computer programming, yet their monumental contribution has never been recognised—until now. Over a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded their stories. Here, with a light touch and a serious mind, she exposes the deliberate erasure of their achievements and restores the women to their rightful place as revolutionaries, bringing to life their camaraderie, their determination, and their rapidly changing world. As big tech struggles with gender inequality and momentum builds in restoring women to history, the time has come for this engrossing story to be uncovered and celebrated.
Download or read book Proving Grounds written by Scott Kirsch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Proving Grounds, Scott Kirsch traces the rise and fall of this astonishing cold war initiative. He examines the work that went into making "geographical engineering" or "earthmoving" an imminent possibility as well as the public controversy, scientific uncertainty, and political opposition that kept it--with the exception of several massive craters in the Nevada desert--out of the landscape.
Book Synopsis Proving Ground by : William David Tarver
Download or read book Proving Ground written by William David Tarver and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would cause a young African American engineer to walk away from a promising career at the world's foremost electronics research and development company to start a business, from scratch, in his basement? David Tarver not only did that, he convinced two African American colleagues to join him in the improbable venture. Twelve years later, he negotiated the sale of that venture, Telecom Analysis Systems Inc., for $30 million. Tarver's business success was accomplished without the help of angel investors, venture capital, government grants, or minority business development programs. Overcoming obstacles related to race, technology, and business, Tarver and his colleagues conceived, designed, engineered, and manufactured sophisticated telecommunications instruments and sold them in more than twenty countries. David Tarver felt he had something important to prove to himself, to his colleagues, and to society. That is why he was willing to risk everything on a roll of the entrepreneuri
Book Synopsis Proving Grounds by : Edwin A. Martini
Download or read book Proving Grounds written by Edwin A. Martini and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the military’s efforts to close and repurpose bases—often as wildlife reserves. Together they present a complex and nuanced view that embraces the ironies, contradictions, and unintended consequences of U.S. militarism around the world. In complicating our understanding of the American military’s worldwide presence, the essayists also reveal the rare cases when the military is actually ahead of the curve on environmental regulation compared to the private sector. The result is the most comprehensive examination to date of the U.S. military’s environmental footprint—for better or worse—across the globe.
Book Synopsis Prohibition's Proving Grounds by : Joseph Boggs
Download or read book Prohibition's Proving Grounds written by Joseph Boggs and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prohibition's Proving Grounds examines the tumultuous dry years in this trans-border region through its thriving motorcar culture. In the 1910s local automobile factories churned out affordable vehicles that put many Toledo-Detroit-Windsor corridor residents on wheels for the first time, just as a wave of prohibitionist sentiment swept the area. State, provincial, and federal dry laws soon took effect in Ontario, Michigan, and Ohio, and native rumrunners fully utilized the area's robust automobile culture to exploit weaknesses in prohibition legislation and enforcement. Ultimately, the noble experiment failed on the TDW corridor. Its failure can be partly attributed to controversial policing practices that angered area motorists suspected of bootlegging. Local sheriffs, troopers, and dry agents could not stem the tide of motorized professional smugglers who increasingly perpetrated brutal crimes in the region's rural roadways and city streets.
Book Synopsis The Proving Ground 2. 0 by : Kevin Gerald
Download or read book The Proving Ground 2. 0 written by Kevin Gerald and published by . This book was released on 2018-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proving Ground written by Peter Blauner and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must read. I couldn’t put the sucker down."—Stephen King Nathaniel Dresden never really got along with his father, an infamous civil rights lawyer who defended criminals and spearheaded protest movements. As an act of rebellion, Natty joined the U.S. Army and served in Iraq, coming back with a chest full of commendations and a head full of disturbing memories. But when his father is found murdered near the peaceful confines of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Natty is forced to deal with the troubled legacy of their unresolved relationship. He also has to fend off the growing suspicions of NYPD Detective Lourdes Robles, a brash Latina cop with something to prove, who thinks Natty might bear some responsibility for his father’s death. Though truth be told, the list of people—cops and criminals—who wanted David Dresden out of the way is long. The search for answers leads Natty and Lourdes into an urban labyrinth where they must confront each other—and the brutal truths that could destroy them both. Proving Ground, New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner Peter Blauner’s first novel in more than a decade, is a sweeping crime novel, an intricate story about the quest for redemption, and a vibrant portrait of contemporary New York City, all told in Blauner’s singular voice.
Download or read book David Maisel: Proving Ground written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aerial and on-site photographs made at a classified military site in the Great Salt Lake Desert by David Maisel, author of Black Maps David Maisel's (born 1961) Proving Ground comprises aerial and on-site photographs made at Dugway Proving Ground, a classified military site covering nearly 800,000 acres in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert. A primary mission of Dugway is to develop, test and implement chemical and biological weaponry and defense programs. After more than a decade of inquiry, Maisel was granted access to this facility in order to photograph the terrain, the testing facilities and other aspects of the site. Maisel began by photographing at ground level, focusing on structures related to the testing of chemical warfare dispersal patterns. He then moved to an aerial perspective to create images that resemble large-scale minimalist drawings inscribed on the land. Maisel's work at Dugway also includes photographs of the newly minted WSLAT (Whole System Live Agent Test) facility, which is devoted to identification and neutralization of chemical and biological toxins that can be weaponized by terrorists or rogue nations.
Book Synopsis Mechwarrior Dark Age #4 Silence Heavens by : Martin Delrio
Download or read book Mechwarrior Dark Age #4 Silence Heavens written by Martin Delrio and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the failure of the interplanetary communications system, the ages-long peace within the Republic of the Sphere has begun to shatter. Power-hungry factions—such as the Steel Wolves—are raiding vulnerable worlds to establish their own rule. As a gateway to Earth, the planet of Northwind has strategic value, making it an exposed target to the splintering factions emerging across The Republic—and Duchess Tara Campbell will not allow her home to fall into enemy hands. Offering military assistance, The Republic sends Paladin Ezekiel Crow and his fully armed BattleMech to help defend Northwind. MechWarrior Anastasia Kerensky, she of the infamous bloodline, has her sights set on possessing Northwind, and what Anastasia wants, Anastasia usually gets. But first she must contend with the deadly politics of the Steel Wolves before she embarks on a conquest that could lead to the very heart of the republic itself.
Book Synopsis Proving Ground at Kent Island, Hearing ..., Sept 15, 1917 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Download or read book Proving Ground at Kent Island, Hearing ..., Sept 15, 1917 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Persons who Sufferd Damages by Establishment and Operation of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, Hearings Before a Subcommittee ..., on H.J.Res. 294 ..., January 11 and 13, 1938 by : United States. U.S. Congress. House
Download or read book Persons who Sufferd Damages by Establishment and Operation of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, Hearings Before a Subcommittee ..., on H.J.Res. 294 ..., January 11 and 13, 1938 written by United States. U.S. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Persons who Sufferd Damages by Establishment and Operation of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, Hearings Before a Subcommittee ..., on H.J.Res. 294 ..., January 11 and 13, 1938 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on claims
Download or read book Persons who Sufferd Damages by Establishment and Operation of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, Hearings Before a Subcommittee ..., on H.J.Res. 294 ..., January 11 and 13, 1938 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on claims and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Persons who Suffered Damages by Establishment and Operation of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims
Download or read book Persons who Suffered Damages by Establishment and Operation of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dugway Proving Ground, Biological Aerosol Test Facility Construction and Operation D; New Alternative Action to Construct and Operate a Consolidated Life Sciences Test Facility by :
Download or read book Dugway Proving Ground, Biological Aerosol Test Facility Construction and Operation D; New Alternative Action to Construct and Operate a Consolidated Life Sciences Test Facility written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Jefferson Proving Ground Closure and Realignment to Yuma Proving Ground (IN,AZ) by :
Download or read book Jefferson Proving Ground Closure and Realignment to Yuma Proving Ground (IN,AZ) written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground, 1945-1958 by : Gregory P. Kennedy
Download or read book The Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground, 1945-1958 written by Gregory P. Kennedy and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, the United States Army established a testing center for rockets and guided missiles in south-central New Mexico. Named White Sands Proving Ground, this center was the locale for many of Americas first steps towards space. Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground chronicles major activities at the base from 1945-1958. During this period, the Army, Navy, and Air Force all tested missiles at the desert installation. This book details the development and testing for such missiles as Hermes, Corporal, Nike Ajax, Sergeant, Honest John, and Viking. These missiles formed the backbone of much of Americas arsenal during the Cold War and represented major technological advancements. In 1958, the White Sands Proving Ground became the White Sands Missile Range, as it is known today.
Book Synopsis Disposition of Real Property Assets at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland by : United States. Congress. House. Appropriations
Download or read book Disposition of Real Property Assets at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland written by United States. Congress. House. Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
