Although Easley never had a movie made of her life, she was a hidden figure in her own right as a barrier-breaking mathematician and rocket scientist who worked on countless NASA projects for over 30 years. Against the odds. Annie Jean Easley was born in 1933 and raised by …
In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as a human computer performing complex mathematical calculations. Annie Jean Easley was born in 1933 and raised by her single mother in Birmingham, Alabama. Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. Annie Easley had never heard of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) when she read an article about twin sisters who were “human computers” at … Here at Ponicode, we loved the 2016 movie Hidden Figures, but they left out our favorite “hidden figure”: Annie Easley.
Sign in. Today, I’d like to tell you more about this genius mathematician and programming wiz. She worked for the Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Annie J. Easley (April 23, 1933 – June 25, 2011) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist. Although Easley never had a movie made of her life, she was a hidden figure in her own right as a barrier-breaking mathematician and rocket scientist who worked on countless NASA projects for over 30 years. Sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. Watch Queue Queue She was a leading member of the team which developed software …