Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly

SP-1 to P-20,” she told him, adding that
the number of SP-1 employees in her
group was “0 ±1 to three significant
figures,” and that there was “one P-
75,000” in the section. She then said that
she was trying to explain the difference
between zero and infinity. (“Quite
rational,” commented House afterward,
in a memo detailing the morning, “as
some college students have had difficulty
in comprehending this difference.”) The
rest of Blanche’s diatribe declined from
there. House asked her to accompany him
to the East Area, hoping to take her to the
psychiatrist on the air force base
hospital. She refused to leave, but the
men didn’t force the issue, concerned that
if she was provoked and became violent,
it would require “at least four strong
men” to subdue her. Finally, quietly,