Triangulating a location on a perfectly round globe is relatively easy, but how do you do it on a globe that's squished in the middle -- an "oblate spheroid"? This week we take a look at Gladys Mae West, a pioneering African-American mathematician whose work in the mid-20th century is still used for global positioning systems today.
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#83 – What’s the Frequency, Hedy?
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#81- Face/Blind
#80 – Plight of the Navigator
#79 – Centralia, PA: Scorched Earth and Silent Hills
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