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Naomi Livesay
Born1916 (1916)
Montana, U.S.
Died (aged 84)
Alma mater
Spouse
(m. 1945)
Children2
Scientific career
Institutions

Naomi Livesay French (1916–2001) was an American mathematician who took part in the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb.

Biography

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Livesay was born in Montana and attended Cornell College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. She then studied at the University of Wisconsin where she intended to get a doctorate, however she was told that women had no place in mathematics.

Livesay died in 2001 at the age of 84.[1][2]

She recruited Eleanor Ewing.[3] Supervising 12 to 14 men operating 17 IBM calculating machines.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Anthony French, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 96". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. ^ Hafner, Katie (2023-08-03). "Meet the Woman Who Supervised the Computations That Proved an Atomic Bomb Would Work". Lost Women of Science (Podcast). Scientific American.
  3. ^ a b c Faddoul, John (1977-07-27). "Pontiac woman who helped develop A-bomb". The Daily Leader. p. 1.
  4. ^ "The Wikipedia Library". wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ^ Fisher, Peter H.; Holbrow, Charles H. (2017-06-01). "Anthony Philip French". Physics Today. 70 (6): 74–75. doi:10.1063/PT.3.3604. ISSN 0031-9228. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Howes, Ruth H.; Herzenberg, Caroline L. (1999). Their Day In the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-585-38881-6 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Miller, Sandi (2017-04-18). "Anthony French, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 96". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  8. ^ Lewis, N. (2021-12-03). "Trinity by the Numbers: The Computing Effort that Made Trinity Possible". Nuclear Technology. 207 (sup1): S176–S189. doi:10.1080/00295450.2021.1938487. ISSN 0029-5450.
  9. ^ Women and the use of military force. Internet Archive. Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers. 1993. ISBN 978-1-55587-329-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)