Dr. Gladys West: The Hidden Figure Behind GPS Technology
Dr. Gladys West become a mathematician despite segregation, the Great Depression, and Jim Crow laws. Her work on the development of satellite geodesy models were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). Scripps News shared this video on Youtube as part of their black history month coverage.
Leland Pinder speaks with the biographer and grandson of retired Navy mathematician, Dr. Gladys West, about her remarkable journey of being part of the team whose work lead to the development of the GPS.
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