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Meet the Woman Who Supervised the Computations That Proved an Atomic Bomb Would Work
Naomi Livesay worked on computations that formed the mathematical basis for implosion simulations. Despite her crucial role on the project, she is rarely mentioned as more than a footnote—until now By Katie Hafner, The Lost Women of Science Initiative on August 3, 2023 Listen to the podcast: https://beta.prx.org/stories/484826 Nic Lewis: She was walking past where Oppenheimer was…
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The Feminist Test We Keep Failing: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 3 Bonus Episode – Scientific American
There’s a test that we at Lost Women of Science seem to fail again and again: the Finkbeiner Test. By Katie Hafner, Carol Sutton Lewis, The Lost Women of Science Initiative on November 17, 2022 There’s a test that we at Lost Women of Science seem to fail again and again: the Finkbeiner Test. Named for the…
