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I had a closer look. Here are some that caught my eye:
Sabrina Pasterski looking like the lead singer of your favorite indie band
Hypatia looking like a Greek goddess
Jill Tarter gazing into the infinite
And my favorite, Ursula Franklin looking like the best aunt ever
However, Marie Curie looks very disappointed in you.
posted by Phreesh at 2:00 PM on February 8, 2022
Sabrina Pasterski looking like the lead singer of your favorite indie band
Hypatia looking like a Greek goddess
Jill Tarter gazing into the infinite
And my favorite, Ursula Franklin looking like the best aunt ever
However, Marie Curie looks very disappointed in you.
posted by Phreesh at 2:00 PM on February 8, 2022
Neat! I'd add Sylvia Earle, Rosalind Franklin and Carolyn Porco, but I suppose one can't do everybody all at once, especially since they're covering 16+ centuries and the entire planet!
posted by foonly at 2:21 PM on February 8, 2022
posted by foonly at 2:21 PM on February 8, 2022
All STEM-women lists include Marie Curie and Jocelyn NoBell Burnell and Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin; the interesting choices lie beyond the usual suspects. This list will require some interesting follow up for me, because I've never 'eard of several listees, so thanks! Missing Canadian is Maud "Michaelis-Menten Kinetics" Menten.
posted by BobTheScientist at 2:52 PM on February 8, 2022
posted by BobTheScientist at 2:52 PM on February 8, 2022
Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of CRISPR.
Katalin Karikó, key innovator in mRNA vaccines!
posted by storybored at 4:53 PM on February 8, 2022
Katalin Karikó, key innovator in mRNA vaccines!
posted by storybored at 4:53 PM on February 8, 2022
Marie Curie looks very disappointed in you.
You know what you did.
posted by kirkaracha at 7:42 AM on February 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
You know what you did.
posted by kirkaracha at 7:42 AM on February 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
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I knew Ursula, and that picture, while lovely, doesn't capture even 1% of her sense of fun. I miss her.
Note that, this being a Canadian production, it's going to be very heavy on the Canadian content.
posted by scruss at 9:55 AM on February 9, 2022
And my favorite, Ursula Franklin looking like the best aunt ever
I knew Ursula, and that picture, while lovely, doesn't capture even 1% of her sense of fun. I miss her.
Note that, this being a Canadian production, it's going to be very heavy on the Canadian content.
posted by scruss at 9:55 AM on February 9, 2022
I stumbled upon this Marie Curie t-shirt earlier today.
posted by neuron at 9:50 PM on February 9, 2022
posted by neuron at 9:50 PM on February 9, 2022
When volunteering with a hackers' event, I got to choose the field names. I decided to name them after pioneers in computing and cryptography, and furthermore decided to have no more than 50% names of men in the list. I provided Wikipedia links with all names, so people could easily educate themselves if a name was not familiar.
There were some who grumbled. 'But I've never heard of her!' And then I always replied: you should have, and that is exactly why it's good to put her in the spotlight.
There were more who cheered.
Cool posters!
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:22 AM on February 10, 2022 [4 favorites]
There were some who grumbled. 'But I've never heard of her!' And then I always replied: you should have, and that is exactly why it's good to put her in the spotlight.
There were more who cheered.
Cool posters!
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:22 AM on February 10, 2022 [4 favorites]
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