Very much enjoying #ProvingGround by #KathyKleiman - this is the story of the ENIAC 6. I have read a good bit about #ENIAC but this is the first account that centers the women who brought it to life.

In a refreshing change of perspective, Mauchly, Eckert, Goldstine, von Neumann etc are all in rather peripheral roles and only appear from time to time.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/proving-ground-the-untold-story-of-the-six-women-who-programmed-the-world-s-first-modern-computer-kathy-kleiman/18353598?ean=9781538718285

Worth a read #histSTM #histTech

Clear+Vivid with #AlanAlda: #KathyKleiman: The six women who programmed the first modern computer
*Built during WWII, the world’s first electronic computer, the ENIAC, was an engineering marvel. But at 80 ft long and 6 ft tall it was mute until it was brought to life by six young women mathematicians who figured out how to program"
#WIT #Women #Programming #ENIAC
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clear-vivid-with-alan-alda/id1400082430