Scientific Computing in the Cavendish Laboratory and the pioneering women Computors

Autor:	Allan, Verity, Leedham, Caitriona
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Computer Science - Computers and Society Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics K.2.2 K.4.2
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1080/00033790.2022.2106382
Popis:	The use of computers and the role of women in radio astronomy and X-ray crystallography research at the Cavendish Laboratory between 1949 and 1975 have been investigated. We recorded examples of when computers were used, what they were used for and who used them from hundreds of papers published during these years. The use of the EDSAC, EDSAC 2 and TITAN computers was found to increase considerably over this time-scale and they were used for a diverse range of applications. The majority of references to computer operators and programmers referred to women, 57% for astronomy and 62% for crystallography, in contrast to a very small proportion, 4% and 13% respectively, of female authors of papers. Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, accepted by Annals of Science
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00365 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Plný text ve formátu PDF Plný text ve formátu HTML
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