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Nature 455, 36-37 (4 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/455036a; Published online 3 September 2008
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Big data: The Harvard computers
Sue Nelson1
- Sue Nelson is a writer and broadcaster living in Hertfordshire, UK.
Email: sue.nelson@zen.co.uk
Abstract
The first mass data crunchers were people, not machines. Sue Nelson looks at the discoveries and legacy of the remarkable women of Harvard's Observatory.
A photograph taken at the Harvard Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1890, features eight women in what looks like a Victorian-style sitting room. They wear long skirts, have upswept hair and are surrounded by flowered wallpaper and mahogany tables.
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