S01E06: The Pathfinder: How Gladys West shaped the Earth for modern GPS
Dec 20, 2022 ·
20m 53s
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As a young African American girl living on a farm during the Great Depression, Gladys West discovered she had a gift for math. Forty years later, she mapped the shape...
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As a young African American girl living on a farm during the Great Depression, Gladys West discovered she had a gift for math. Forty years later, she mapped the shape of Earth and helped invent GPS.
Read the story on: https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/gladys-west
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Read the story on: https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/gladys-west
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