Zvatinodzidziswa naMai Vaughan (uye vanogona kudzidzisa US)

Zvimwe wanga uchiona bhaisikopo Rakavanzika Figures. Pamwe iwe wakafemerwa nekuratidzwa kwayo kwevakadzi vatatu vatema vachibudirira nekuda kwekugona kwavo kunoshamisa mumamiriro erusarura ganda nevarume. Kubva pakuona uku, iyo firimu inokurudzira zvechokwadi uye inofanirwa kuona.

Rega ndiwedzere zvimwe zvidzidzo zviviri kubva mufirimu kuti iwe ufunge nezvazvo. Semunhu aive akakomba math nerd muchikoro chesekondari uye kukoreji, Akavanzika Figures kukunda kune isu takatsvaga kubudirira necalculus uye theoretical statistics. 

Ndava kunopedza basa rangu repakoreji, ndakatora kosi yemasvomhu kubva kuna purofesa anokurudzira kubva kuNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ainzi Janet Meyer. Takapedza zvidzidzo zvakawanda zvekirasi iyoyo tichiverenga kuti tingaisa sei motokari yemuchadenga mukutenderera kuMars, uye kunyora kodhi kugadzira komputa huru kutibatsira nekuverenga kwedu. Nekudaro, kuona magamba matatu ane mipiro isina kunyanya kuimbwa vachishandisa hunyanzvi hwavo hwemasvomhu kubudirira kwaikurudzira. Maverengero anonyora pasi zvese zvatinoita nekuita, ndosaka STEM nezvimwe zvirongwa zvakakosha, uye nei tichifanira kuve nechokwadi chekuti munhu wese awana dzidzo yaanoda. Fungidzira kuti mapurogiramu edu emuchadenga angadai akarasikirwa nei dai Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan naMary Jackson vasina kupihwa mukana wekuisa simba ravo nehungwaru mudzidzo yepamutemo.

Uye pamufungo wechipiri, ndinoda kuratidza mumwe wemagamba, Mai Vaughan. Mukutaura kwaPresident Obama, vakataura kuti automation yaive musimboti wekurasikirwa nemabasa uye shanduko muvashandi vedu. Tine gurusvusvu revanhu munyika yedu vanonzwa vakasiiwa, vakasiiwa uye vakatsamwa. Vakaona kugadzirwa kwavo nemamwe mabasa achinyangarika mukati memakumi emakore, zvichivasiya vaine yeuko chete yemabasa anobhadharwa zvakanaka aine mabhenefiti akanaka aichengetwa nevabereki vavo navanasekuru.

Bhaisikopo rinovhurwa naMai Vaughan vachishanda vari pasi pavo '56 Chevrolet uye tinoona pavanozopfuura pombi nescrewdriver kuti mota itendeuke. Pandakanga ndiri kuchikoro chesekondari, maawa akawanda aipedzwa ndiri pasi pevhavha yemotokari, tichigadzira gadziridzo, kuvandudza kushaikwa, kuchinja muchina unokosha zvikuru wataishandisa mazuva ose. Mumotokari dzemazuva ano, zvakaoma kufungidzira kukwanisa kuita zvinhu zvakafanana. Saka zvinhu zvakawanda zvinobatsirwa nekombuta, zvinodzorwa nemagetsi uye zvine mwero (uye kuita hutsotsi, sezvatakadzidza munguva pfupi yapfuura). Kunyangwe kuongorora dambudziko kunoda kubatanidza mota kumakomputa akasarudzika. Tasara tichikwanisa kuchinja oiri, mawiper epamhepo, uye matai—panguva ino.

Asi Mai Vaughan havana kungokwanisa kuita kuti motokari yavo yasakara itangire, ndipo pakatangira unyanzvi hwavo hwokugadzira zvinhu. Paakaona kuti timu yake yese yemakomputa emunhu yaizopera basa apo mainframe IBM 7090 yatanga kushanda kuNASA, akazvidzidzisa iye nechikwata chake mutauro wekombuta Fortran uye zvekutanga zvekugadzirisa komputa. Akatora timu yake kubva mukusashanda kuenda kumberi kwechikamu chitsva paNASA, uye akaenderera mberi nekupa padanho rekutanga rechirongwa chemuchadenga muhupenyu hwake hwese. 

Iyi ndiyo mhinduro yekukura kwedu mune ramangwana-. Tinofanira kumbundira mhinduro yaMai Vaughan yekuchinja, tigadzirire ramangwana, tosvetukira mukati netsoka mbiri. Tinofanira kutungamira, pane kurasikirwa netsoka yedu panguva dzekuchinja. Uye zviri kuitika. Munyika yose yeUnited States. 

Ndiani angadai akafungidzira kareko kuti nhasi tichava nemazana mashanu ekugadzira zvivakwa zvakapararira munzvimbo makumi mana nenhatu dzeUS dzichishandisa vanhu zviuru makumi maviri nerimwe kuti vashandise indasitiri yemagetsi emhepo? Indasitiri yekugadzira solar muUS inokura gore rega rega zvisinei nekusangana kweindasitiri muEast Asia. Kana Thomas Edison akagadzira girobhu remwenje, hungwaru hwekuAmerica hwakahunatsiridza neLED inonyatsoshanda, vakamugadzira muUS Kuiswa, kugadzirisa, nekusimudzira zvese zvinotsigira mabasa eUS nenzira dzatisina kumborota. 

Zviri nyore here? Kwete nguva dzose. Pane zvipingamupinyi nguva dzose. Vanogona kunge vane ruzivo, vanogona kunge vari tekinoroji, isu tingatofanira kudzidza zvinhu zvatisina kumbodzidza. Asi zvinogoneka kana tikatora mukana. Uye ndizvo zvakadzidziswa chikwata chavo naMai Vaughan. Uye zvaanogona kutidzidzisa tose.