Barbara Paulson
American former human computer at NASA · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1928 to 2023 · aged 94
Barbara Jean Paulson was an American human computer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and one of the first female scientists employed there. Paulson began working as a mathematician at JPL in 1948, where she calculated rocket trajectories by hand. She is among the women who made early progress at JPL.
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Academics
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Lived 1928 to 2023 · aged 94
