fromwww.theguardian.com4 weeks agoScienceGladys West obituaryGladys West developed geodesic systems that enabled GPS, overcoming segregation and decades of computational work to transform global mapping and navigation.
fromBig Think1 month agoScienceRemembering Gladys West: who used Einstein to create GPSRelativity and Gladys West's geodetic work enabled the precise satellite timing and Earth-shape models that make modern GPS possible.
