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“Actual” is such a weird word. From the title it sounds like it is going to contrast what people think is this person's work with what they actually did. Maybe
by avgcorrection 4y ago
“Actual” is such a weird word. From the title it sounds like it is going to contrast what people think is this person's work with what they actually did. Maybe to make a point that they did less work themselves than people assume or think. But it seems that “actual” in this case means that they wrote down the calculations on the paper that the video author has in their hands. (I'm gonna assume that this is the original pamphlet and not a copy, of course.)
- mindcrime 4y agoI think the "actual" here means something like "in contrast to the movie Hidden Figures, which gives only a superficial view of what Katherine Johnson actually did". So instead of a few minutes in a movie with some equations scribbled on a blackboard, this is the actual work in context.
- avgcorrection 4y agoThanks. That makes sense.
- gameswithgo 4y ago
- kupopuffs 4y agoI think it makes it sound cool, like this is ACTUALLY her work, awesome!
- dang 4y agoWe've actually taken it out of the title above now.