The Admiral and the Moth
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Maren tells Greg the story of a woman you've likely never heard of, who just happens to be responsible for the foundations of modern computing. Her innovations have made possible many of the things we take for granted today—like personal computing, stock market analysis, and commercial industrialization.  Expert: Kurt Beyer: https://executive.berkeley.edu/kurt-beyer Sources: https://scientificwomen.net/women/hopper-grace-45 https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/10/grace-murray-hopper-1906-1992-legacy-innovation-and-service https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Hopper https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128024591000063  https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/10/grace-murray-hopper-1906-1992-legacy-innovation-and-service https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/diversity/women-in-the-navy.html https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html https://www.space.com/34885-grace-hopper-biography.html https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38677721 https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/john-von-neumann https://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/the-most-important-female-coder-youve-never-heard-of.html https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1945/ https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/FirstCompiler.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Hopper https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/
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