This cover image released by Grand Central Publishing shows "Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer" by Kathy Kleiman. (Grand Central ...

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PROVING GROUND: The Untold Story of the Six Women who Programmed the World’s First Supercomputer. By Kathy Kleiman. Grand Central Publishing. 320 pages. $30. When the world’s first general-purpose, ...

NEW YORK (AP) - 'œProving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women who Programmed the World's First Supercomputer,'ť by Kathy Kleiman (Grand Central Publishing) When the world's first general-purpose ...

"Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Supercomputer" by Kathy Kleiman (Grand Central Publishing) When the world's first general-purpose, programmable, ...

When the world’s first general-purpose, programmable, electronic computer, known as ENIAC, debuted in 1946, great fanfare was given to the men who created it, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert Jr., ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — “Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women who Programmed the World’s First Supercomputer,” by Kathy Kleiman (Grand Central Publishing) When the world’s first ...