That’s what “DEI” stand for … Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. - ThreadSky

castltrastondrs.bsky.social • 6 days ago

That’s what “DEI” stand for …
Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery.

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castltrastondrs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, that Charles Darwin discovered evolution, and that Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time.

castltrastondrs.bsky.social•6 days ago

But when it comes to the compostion of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen. And no one ever wonders how we know.

https://physicsworld.com/a/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-woman-who-found-hydrogen-in-the-stars/

https://womensvoicesmedia.org/index.php/cecilia-payne-she-discovered-what-the-universe-is?blog=8#:~:text=is%20made%20of.-,CECILIA%20PAYNE%20%2D%20She%20discovered%20what%20the%20universe%20is%20made%20of,mention%20her%20greatest%20discovery.%22

rebeccamcq.bsky.social•6 days ago

There’s now a play about Cecilia Payne! Hoping it comes to San Francisco so I can see it. https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/the-lightest-element-tickets#

rebeccamcq.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cecilia Payne stood on the shoulders of another giant of astronomy, Annie Jump Cannon, who took photos of the spectra of stars and classified them into 7 types. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/famous-astronomers/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-woman-who-unraveled-the-stars/

craigmcg.bsky.social•6 days ago

Always surprises me who get picked out and memorialised and who doesn’t in society. In other words, why do some break through and others never, regardless of their work, research and discoveries…

castltrastondrs.bsky.social•6 days ago

We thought those days were over because DEI exist in which open doors for so many . Sadly ,not anymore because of a few …

integralanswers.bsky.social•6 days ago

Rosalind Franklin is another such superstar.

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