Top Secret Rosies: The Female 'Computers' of WWII

Top Secret Rosies: The Female 'Computers' of WWII (2010)

November 1st, 20100h 56min

Documentary, History, War
80%

Overview

In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told.


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