https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/24/notable-women-in-the-physical-sciences/ Tue, 30 May 2017 19:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/24/notable-women-in-the-physical-sciences/#comment-462327 Tue, 30 May 2017 19:07:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24114#comment-462327 The cards are wonderful – Hayhoe only one small piece of them all! Going to order more. I agree the Joker is a special signifier.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/24/notable-women-in-the-physical-sciences/#comment-462326 Thu, 25 May 2017 21:11:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24114#comment-462326 Done! Thanks for the heads up. Particularly pleased to find Vera Rubin on the list, and will study up on the rest.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/24/notable-women-in-the-physical-sciences/#comment-462325 Thu, 25 May 2017 16:27:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=24114#comment-462325 I was already aware of several of those women. In fact, I have attended a talk by Carolyn Porco (king of diamonds) and cited the work of Ingrid Daubechies (seven of clubs). Most if not all of them should get a higher profile. For instance, there is the joke about the No-Bell Prize: Jocelyn Bell Burnett, who actually discovered pulsars, did not get a share of the Nobel Prize that honored that work.

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