– Männen byggde maskinerna men det var kvinnor som programmerade dem, säger den svenska datapionjären Elsa-Karin Boestad-Nilsson.När hon 1948 kom till Försvarets forskningsanstalt (FOA) i Stockholm hade hon inte hört talas om datorer, eller matematikmaskiner som de kallades då. Hon hade precis läst färdigt matematik och fysik vid Stockholms högskola, och fått sitt första jobb. Att hon skulle vara med och starta den digitala eran fanns inte på kartan.
a review of “The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts,” an important collection of articles on United States militarism and imperialism, edited by Catherine Lutz
Gamma girl Elena Filatova. Motorbike. "Pluto's Realm" is photo essay of the dead zones around Chernobyl where the world's most devastating nuclear accident happened suddenly on April 26, 1986. This graphic statement offers undeniable testimony against th
"his sexual hang-ups caused him to carry monstrously sexist views" - kolumnisten Connellan, som bl a hävdar , att G godkände hedersmord, citerades av Sven Strandén i Radio Vega 11.2.
"Radical Homemakers uncovers a hidden revolution quietly taking hold across the United States. It is the story of pioneering men and women who are redefining feminism and the good life by adhering to simple principles of ecological sustainability, social
Antti-Pekka Pietilä (A.-P.). 9.3.2010. "Tämä on tositarina suomalaisesta arjesta: Isä tuo itkevän pikkupoikansa päiväkodin johtajan puheille. ”Poikani kunniaa on loukattu hänen sukunsa edessä”, isä sanoo. Poika on kertonut isälleen päiväkodin arjesta. ”P
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) was founded in 1986 as the Basic Income European Network. It expanded its scope from European to the Earth in 2004. BIEN organizes Congresses every two years, and publishes a free email NewsFlash every two months and
Karoline Leach: In the Shadow of the Dreamchild (London: Peter Owen Ltd, 1999): "Purity was exactly what the Victorians wanted to connect with Carroll, and purity was precisely what it (intermittently) suited Dodgson to have associated with himself. His g
RAMALLAH, Oct 5, 2010 (IPS) - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to fight the deportation order.