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Tipi geniali (21). La donna-ingegnere che fece atterrare l’uomo sulla luna e sviluppò il sistema di navigazione del Progetto Apollo: Margaret Hamilton

Posted on 20 July 2019

Margaret Hamilton (1936) l’ingegnere del MIT che inventò il termine “software ingegneering”, sviluppò il sistema di guida e navigazione del Progetto Apollo e intervenne nell’unico momento di crisi della missione lunare… risolvendo da par suo.

Fu premiata con la medaglia presidenziale per la libertà.

Rina Brundu (M.A. in Contemporary Languages and Literature) is a writer, a publisher and an independent researcher. She spent 15 years in multinational companies in a managerial capacity and as a technical consultant, and has dedicated 25 years to field research in the internal areas of Sardinia (Italy). Over the last decade she developed a strong interest in philosophical-scientific studies (with a focus on Quantum Physics), and has written several books dedicated to these areas of research. She also published the opera omnia of Italian linguist and glottologist Massimo Pittau (1921-2019), with whom she grew a long-term friendship. She currently resides in Ireland.