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Project Y Computing

1.0 for Android
4.4 | 5,000+ Installs

The Los Alamos National Laboratory

Description of Project Y Computing

During World War II fourteen women of Project Y, the Los Alamos part of the Manhattan project, made an amazing behind-the-scenes contribution to the war effort-- they acted as the computers for the whole project!
-Learn how production lines of women were able to work as fast as the "computers" of the time
-Try your hand at using a mechanical calculator like the ones these women used
Are you as fast as a 1943 "computer"?

Information

  • Category:
    Educational
  • Latest Version:
    1.0
  • Updated:
    2014-03-26
  • File size:
    38.6MB
  • Requirements:
    Android 2.3 or later
  • Developer:
    The Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • ID:
    com.LANL.Marchant
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