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Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon
NatureThursday, October 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03233-6 Programmer whose forward-thinking and reliable code helped to save the Apollo 11 mission.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03233-6 Programmer whose forward-thinking and reliable code helped to save the Apollo 11 mission.
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Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03233-6 Programmer whose forward-thinking and reliable code helped to save the Apollo 11 mission.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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Nature published: Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon
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