Kit Yates @kityates@mas.to
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"It took decades of painstaking work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory for her to come up with the geodesic systems that would allow the precise measurements and mapping needed for the technology – her work nevertheless transformed modern life."

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Gladys West obituary

Mathematician whose work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory was pivotal to the development of GPS

www.theguardian.com · the Guardian

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