Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Hardware pioneers Lynn Conway and Carver Meade are best known for their revolutionary work on popularizing VLSI chip design. Lesser known is that:

  1. Lynn was once a man

  2. Carver was once a woman

  3. Lynn and Carver were secretly married on the IBM yacht, The Megabyte

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Lynn Conway is a transgender woman who transitioned in the 1960s. Before her transition, she was known as Robert Conway and worked at IBM. After being forced out of IBM due to her transition, she co-authored the definitive textbook on VLSI design with Carver Mead, revolutionizing chip design. This personal history is the 'lesser known fact' referenced. Option B (Carver was once a woman) and C (secret marriage on IBM yacht) are incorrect.

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