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Jun 29, 2024 · Grace Hopper, American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise UNIVAC I, the first commercial electronic computer, and naval applications for COBOL. Learn more about Hopper’s life and career.
Jun 14, 2024 · She held a BS in mathematics and physics from Vassar College (1928) and an MS (1930) and PhD in mathematics (1934) from Yale University. Hopper began her career teaching at Vassar and taught there from 1931 to 1943, when she joined the US Navy Reserve.
Jun 23, 2024 · Grace Hopper was a computer pioneer. After developing the first compiler (A-0), she proposed the idea of writing programs in words, rather than symbols.
Jun 10, 2024 · She attended Vassar College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1928 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics. She earned her master’s in mathematics at Yale in 1930, got married to Vincent Hopper, a professor at New York University in 1930 and began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931.
Jun 20, 2024 · Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992): Computer scientist and mathematician. Her inventions made computers easier to program and use. Mark 1: The computer was one of the first digital calculators. It was 51 feet (15.5 meters) long and eight feet high (2.4 meters) high.
Jun 9, 2024 · A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906 - 1992) would go like this: a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and finds herself on the front lines of the computer revolution.
Jun 27, 2024 · Grace Hopper, the queen of software. Let’s start with the impressive degrees: a bachelor’s in math and physics from Vassar College (graduating Phi Beta Kappa), followed by master’s and PhD in math from Yale University.
