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Title

Profiles in Mathematica: Lynn Purser: It's Not Rocket Science
Author

Kevin Jones
Journal / Anthology

The Mathematica Journal
Year: 1992
Volume: 2
Issue: 2
Page range: 16-19
Description

Mathematica might be Teledyne Brown's secret weapon for rapidly solving problems for the space program. Surprisingly, the biggest challenge in using the math software isn't the complexity of space-science, but entrenched resistance from FORTRAN programmers.
Subject

*Arts and Humanities > Human Interest