Fable: The Curious Admiral

That was once a seven-year-old girl so full of curiosity that she dismantled seven alarm clocks to find out how they worked.

Later on, she was on the teams which created the Harvard Mark 1 and Univac 1 computers. 

She had a Navy ship, a supercomputer and a leading-edge IC named after her.


 She became a Rear-Admiral.


Moral: Curiosity opens many doors

David Manners

David Manners

David Manners has more than forty-years experience writing about the electronics industry, its major trends and leading players. As well as writing business, components and research news, he is the author of the site's most popular blog, Mannerisms. This features series of posts such as Fables, Markets, Shenanigans, and Memory Lanes, across a wide range of topics.

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  1. The discoverer of the first bug.

    Duly scotch taped to a log book following its extraction from a relay contact.

  2. Yes indeed JBK

  3. Admiral Grace Hopper

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