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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90
Coverage spreads to wire services and international outlets
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Oct 9 5:09 PM
· 4d ago · 2 articles · 9 posts · 1 comment · 5 sources · development 7 of 7
Obituaries ran through Georgia Public Broadcasting, Philadelphia Inquirer, HPCwire, BBC, Le Monde and others, consolidating the story's global reach in the days following her death.
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Margaret Hamilton Computer scientist, led Apollo flight software team Olivier de Weck MIT Apollo Program Professor, interim head of AeroAstro Barack Obama Former U.S. President Lauren Hamilton's daughter
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first by Philadelphia Inquirer , 4d ago · also Hindustan Times, Georgia Public Broadcasting, NPR, NPR Science, HPCwire, MIT News +11
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I was sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton died this week. If you’re curious about the software she worked on that helped take Apollo to the moon, I’d recommend this excellent talk by a great colleague of mine from a few years ago https:// youtube.com/watch?v=B1J2RMorJX M&is=IOKCkylS4dE9Ynmi
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Isn't that true for any topic? I never said university buildings have magical powers. The reasoning for my stance is the following: (a) It's harder to self learn the math/physics concepts taught in an electrical engineering program as opposed to the math/theory concepts taught in a computer science program. (b) It takes longer to learn the core…
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