Category Archives: Women in science

Mireya Mayor’s “Pink Boots and a Machete”

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

In my studies of historical figures, I’ve reserved a special spot in my heart for those people whose lived their lives, for lack of a better word, “awesomely”.   My criterion for such “awesome” people is to imagine them arriving … Continue reading →

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Which scientist would you most want to have a beer with?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

I’m currently away from home at a meeting, so blogging is necessarily light.  I’ve been thinking lately, however, about various scientists and people of reason throughout history that I just flat out admire, and got to wondering which of them … Continue reading →

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Michelson and Margarite

Posted on April 2, 2010 by

My recent posts on Ada Lovelace Day (here and here) not only drove home the point that there were even more historically important women scientists and mathematicians than I had optimistically imagined, but that the smartest male scientists of their … Continue reading →

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Some more women in science, and their appreciators

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

I thought, before this past week, that I appreciated quite well the important but often unacknowledged role that women have played in the history of science and mathematics.  It turns out that I’ve hardly scratched the surface of their contributions, … Continue reading →

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Women published in the Royal Society, 1890-1930

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

I’ve been struggling to think of a woman scientist to profile for Ada Lovelace Day!  Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was a brilliant woman mathematician and arguably the first computer programmer, designing a program for Charles Babbage’s (never constructed) Analytical Engine.  Ada … Continue reading →

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