{"id":1576,"date":"2018-01-13T13:10:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T19:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2018-02-03T14:12:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T20:12:07","slug":"margaret-hamilton-resource-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/margaret-hamilton-resource-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Hamilton: Resource Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Margaret-Hamilton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Margaret-Hamilton-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Margaret-Hamilton-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Margaret-Hamilton-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Margaret-Hamilton.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#0000ba;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#1528ed;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px\">Table of Contents<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#biography\">Brief Biography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#booksforkids\">Books for Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#booksforadults\">Books for Adults<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quotes\">Quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#achievements\">Achievements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#facts\">Fun Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#links\">Useful Links<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<a name=\"biography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Brief Biography<\/h2>\n<p>Margaret Hamilton&#8211;not to be confused with the Wicked Witch of the West&#8211;studied mathematics at the University of Michigan before earning a B.A. in mathematics from Earlham College in 1958.<\/br><br \/>\nHer initial work as at MIT where she worked on computer software that could predict weather systems, which was later developed to track enemy aircraft during the Cold War.<\/br><br \/>\nWhile at MIT, she joined the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory which was working on the Apollo Space mission. Her teams were responsible for developing flight software, error detection, and recovery. Ultimately, Hamilton&#8217;s team (along with others) were credited with developing software for both Apollo and Skylab.<\/br><br \/>\nHamilton later went on to create her own company: Hamilton Technologies.<br \/>\n<a name=\"booksforkids\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Margaret Hamilton Books for Kids<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Margaret and the Moon<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<\/br>A true story from one of the Women of NASA!<\/br><br \/>\nMargaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world.<\/br><br \/>\nSoon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecraft\u2019s computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8. Apollo 9. Apollo 10. Apollo 11. Without her code, none of those missions could have been completed.<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Dean Robbins<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Age Range<\/strong>: 4-8 years old and up<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Grade Level<\/strong> Preschool and up<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0399551859&#038;asins=0399551859&#038;linkId=5b3ffc960ba65e284d329c508c5068c0&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Fz51tm\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><a name=\"quotes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Margaret Hamilton Quotes<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>What they used to do when you came into this organization as a beginner, was to assign you this program which nobody was able to ever figure out or get to run. When I was the beginner they gave it to me as well. And what had happened was it was tricky programming, and the person who wrote it took delight in the fact that all of his comments were in Greek and Latin. So I was assigned this program and I actually got it to work. It even printed out its answers in Latin and Greek. I was the first one to get it to work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Found in:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/authors.library.caltech.edu\/5456\/1\/hrst.mit.edu\/hrs\/apollo\/public\/conference1\/hamilton-intro.htm\">Conference Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Importance:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This demonstrated Hamilton&#8217;s ingenuity and fundamental understanding of software. This accomplishment, in some part, lead to her addition to the Apollo development team.<br \/>\n<a name=\"achievements\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Margaret Hamilton Achievements List<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/margaret-hamilton-apollo-software-engineer-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom\">Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a> on November 22, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"facts\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Margaret Hamilton Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Coined the term <em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@verne\/margaret-hamilton-the-engineer-who-took-the-apollo-to-the-moon-7d550c73d3fa\">software engineering<\/a><\/em> in order to emphasize its comparable importance relative to other engineering disciplines<\/li>\n<li>She and her team&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=gXYItzQARVoC&#038;pg=PA228&#038;lpg=PA228&#038;dq=%22Rendezvous+Radar+Switch%22&#038;source=bl&#038;ots=24gEUpb1_3&#038;sig=NnUoxik_2s4VN4NnylZygJXaLBA&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=Q8VoVZe_FouwyASX1IHoCQ&#038;ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&#038;q=%22Rendezvous%20Radar%20Switch%22&#038;f=false\">asynchronous executive<\/a>&#8221; approach to developing Apollo&#8217;s operating system may ahev single-handedly allowed the mission&#8217;s landing objective to be completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Learn More<\/h2>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibU3mQLKPj4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_CgFJ_Yi0s\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<a name=\"links\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Useful Links<\/p>\n<h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/10\/margaret-hamilton-nasa-apollo\/\"><em>Wired<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3948364\/moon-landing-apollo-11-margaret-hamilton\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Time<\/em> Article<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/5\/30\/8689481\/margaret-hamilton-apollo-software\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vox article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brief Biography Margaret Hamilton&#8211;not to be confused with the Wicked Witch of the West&#8211;studied mathematics at the University of Michigan before earning a B.A. in mathematics from Earlham College in 1958. 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