Scientific computing in the Cavendish Laboratory and the pioneering women computors.

IF 0.9 3区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Annals of Science Pub Date : 2022-10-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-07 DOI:10.1080/00033790.2022.2106382

C S Leedham, V L Allan

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Abstract

The use of computers and the role of women in radio astronomy and X-ray crystallography research at the Cavendish Laboratory between 1949 and 1975 have been investigated. We recorded examples of when computers were used, what they were used for and who used them from hundreds of papers published during these years. The use of the EDSAC, EDSAC 2 and TITAN computers was found to increase considerably over this time-scale and they were used for a diverse range of applications. The majority of references to computer operators and programmers referred to women, 57% for astronomy and 62% for crystallography, in contrast to a very small proportion, 4% and 13% respectively, of female authors of papers.

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卡文迪什实验室的科学计算和女性计算机先驱。

研究人员调查了1949年至1975年间卡文迪什实验室在射电天文学和x射线晶体学研究中计算机的使用和妇女的作用。我们从这些年来发表的数百篇论文中记录了计算机使用的时间、用途和使用者的例子。EDSAC、EDSAC 2和TITAN计算机的使用在这段时间内显著增加，它们被用于各种各样的应用。大多数计算机操作员和程序员提到的是女性，天文学和晶体学分别占57%和62%，而女性论文作者的比例非常小，分别为4%和13%。

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Annals of Science 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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