West was inducted into United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 ...
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
Fresh off the success of Aamir Khan starrer “Sitaare Zameen Par,” director R.S. Prasanna is developing a biopic on legendary ...
Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.
Dr. Gladys West, mathematician and pioneer behind GPS technology, has died at 95, leaving a lasting legacy in science and ...
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...
André Weil (left, in 1956) and Simone Weil (in 1922) were siblings who became prominent in mathematics and philosophy, respectively. Konrad Jacobs (right) and Anonymous (left) via Wikimedia Commons, ...
The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...
Professor Vu Ha Van, a world-renowned Vietnamese mathematician, has officially joined the University of Hong Kong (HKU) after ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Gladys West, a mathematician who was part of the team that developed the global positioning system -- more commonly known as GPS -- died Jan. 17. She was 95. According to a social ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician whose groundbreaking work made GPS possible, has died at the age of 95.