Programmable electronic computers gradually supplanted human computers over the course of the 1950s, but women found ways to remain in the new field of computing.
A Look Back
LLNL mathematician helps FORTRAN became the first computer language standard, opening the door to modern computing.
Livermore researchers construct three realistic torso-only manikins to aid with radiation measurement.
In 1980, LLNL researchers worked on a powered roadway for electric vehicles that they hoped would change the face of the nation’s transportation system.
Livermore began investigating controlled thermonuclear reactions and fusion early in its history
In 1963, a comprehensive, long-range program dealing with the sources and biological effects of human-made radiation was established by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore.
The end of World War II heralded an era of population growth throughout the nation and especially in the State of California, where many returning soldiers and their families settled.
In the summer of 1956, a U.S. Navy-sponsored study (Project Nobska) on anti-submarine warfare was held at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.