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Margaret Elaine Hamilton ( née Heafield; born August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA 's Apollo program.
Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American actress and educator. She was best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. [1]
Margaret Hamilton was an American actress who played the iconic role of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939). She also appeared in other films, TV shows and stage plays, and taught acting to Jim Backus and Thurston Howell III.
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May 9, 2024 · Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936, Paoli, Indiana, U.S.) is an American computer scientist who was one of the first computer software programmers; she created the term software engineer to describe her work.
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Aug 17, 2016 · One of the many contributors to this effort was Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which in 1961 contracted with NASA to develop the Apollo program’s guidance system.
Mar 5, 2020 · Learn how Margaret Hamilton and her team of engineers built the software for the Apollo 11 mission that landed mankind on the Moon. --The Apollo 11 moon land...
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Aug 17, 2016 · Learn about the computer scientist who led the team that developed the flight software for NASA's Apollo program, which landed humans on the moon in 1969. See the iconic photo of Hamilton and her code, and read her reflections on the project.
