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## [The Rise and Fall of Wang Laboratories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-wang-laboratories/3160)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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An Wang immigrated to the United States from China in 1945 to attend graduate school at Harvard University, receiving a Ph.D. in applied physics in 1948. He worked with Howard Aiken on the Harvard Mark IV, …