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Nora Barlow

Нора Барлоу

1921 – 2012

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Biography

Nora Barlow worked as a research assistant at Manchester University during the war, supporting classified work on radar development and early computing. Her mathematical abilities were essential to the team working on magnetron technology — the cavity magnetron invented in Birmingham revolutionised radar and was described as the most important device in the Allied arsenal. After the war, she continued in academic computing.

Biography (Russian)

Нора Барлоу работала ассистентом-исследователем в Манчестерском университете, поддерживая секретные работы над радаром и ранними вычислительными машинами. Её математические способности были незаменимы для работы над технологией магнетрона.