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- Gladys West and Sam Smith look over data from the Global Positioning System at Dahlgren in 1985. From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, West...
- Gladys West was born in Sutherland, Virginia and grew up in Dinwiddie County, south of Richmond.
- How Gladys West built the foundations for the modern-day GPS. In 1979, Gladys West became a project manager of Seasat, the first satellite to track the oceans.
- As a young African American girl living on a farm during the Great Depression, Gladys West discovered she had a gift for math.
- West’s contributions, however, were unknown to the public for nearly 40 years. Gladys Mae West (née Brown) was born in October 1930 in Dinwiddie County, Va.
- Dr. Gladys West played a pivotal role in the development of GPS: satellite positioning and satellite geodesy, which is the determination of shape and size of the Earth.
- As Gladys West started her career as a mathematician at Dahlgren in 1956, she likely had no idea that her work would impact the world for decades to come."
- "It Began With A Dream" the inspiring story on the life of Dr. Gladys B. West, a black mathematician who played an integral role in developing GPS.
- Gladys West, African American mathematician whose work was crucial to the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
- As Gladys West started her career as a mathematician at Dahlgren in 1956, she likely had no idea that her work would impact the world for decades to come."
Gladys West
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- Doğum tarihi ve yeri:27 Ekim 1930 (93 yaşında), Sutherland, Virginia, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Neyle ünlü:Uydu jeodezisi
- Evliliği:Ira West (1957 y.-)