This episode takes a deep dive into the workings of ENIAC and the origins of computing in the 1940s.
And in doing so, she becomes one of the first coders. Soon Klára Dán von Neumann is enlisted to instruct the machine what to do. Though the computer is not completed in time to be useful in World War II, it finds new purpose in the war’s aftermath. In this episode: when John von Neumann runs into fellow mathematician Herman Goldstine at a train station, Goldstine clues him into a new powerful computer called ENIAC that is being constructed to help with the war effort, and von Neumann immediately grasps the machine’s enormous potential. We explore the evolution of early computers, the vital role women played in early programming, and the inextricable connection between computing and war. through the prism of Dán von Neumann’s work. In this season, we peer into a fascinating moment in the postwar U.S. And the historic program she wrote was used to develop thermonuclear weapons.
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The first modern-style code ever executed on a computer was written in the 1940s by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann-or Klári to her family and friends. Follow The Lost Women of Science Initiative on Twitter Follow Hafner on Twitter Lost Women of Science Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with two overarching and interrelated missions: to tell the story of female scientists who made groundbreaking achievements in their fields-yet remain largely unknown to the general public-and to inspire girls and young women to embark on careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Her first novel, The Boys, will be published by Spiegel & Grau in July. She is also host and executive producer of Our Mothers Ourselves, an interview podcast, and the author of six nonfiction books. Not only does she bring a skilled hand to complex narratives, but she has been writing about women in STEM for more than 30 years. Hafner is uniquely positioned to tell these stories. She was a longtime reporter for the New York Times, where she remains a frequent contributor. Katie Hafner is host and co-executive producer of Lost Women of Science.
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