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Hey guys. This is a very short post, but if you are reading this, can you please comment so that I know how many people are viewing?
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Have you heard of Annie Jump Cannon? Nope. Neither had I until I wrote this post.
Annie Jump Cannon is "as an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification." I couldn't have said it better myself Wikipedia. She basically created the Harvard Classification Scheme. I just asked my class if they knew what the Harvard Classification Scheme was. Maybe everyone was to busy to listen, or nobody, not even the teacher raised their hands. Basically the Harvard Classification Scheme is a way of classifying stars. Bassically she classified stars by group and temparature. More on this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Anyways, being a girl, her father said there was no way she was doing astronomy, but her mom cheered her on the whole way. I have to go, but as Wikipedia says, "Cannon helped women gain acceptance and respect within the scientific community" Thanks for the great Quote Wikipedia. Thanks for reading, Buzz Hey Guys. Buzz here. By now you probably know what a big astronomy buff I am, but this has been strengthened by today's prediction of finding life elsewhere in the universe by 2025.
Okay. So this is a big deal. GTG. In school Will write more later. http://www.space.com/29041-alien-life-evidence-by-2025-nasa.html Hey guys. Buzz here. Sorry I haven't been around recently, It's been Easter and just so busy!!
Today will have to be a quick post, so here are a few facts about Ada Lovelace. - She was Lord Byron's daughter - She was probably the first official woman computer scientist - She programmed the first computer - She was never given complete credit - She was the subject of gossip because her father was famous More Later!!! Buzz For those of you that bothered to read the title, you are probably thinking "What the heck! Elsie Wollheim wasn't a scientist!" No, she wasn't but she is still important in the scheme of things.
Elsie Wollheim is one of the original Futurians, a group of science fiction writers. She was the daughter of a jeweler, and attended Hunter Collage for Bookkeeping, which she did, almost religiously for her father during the Great Depression. She joined the Futurians and published many of their books, and ended up writing her own book, afterwards classified as a Magazine, called Highpoints, that was a one hit wonder. Now, do you know who she is? This is really tragic. She was a great Futurian, but unfortunately, she is not known, except in the "Spouse" position on any good websites because she married Donald Wollheim, another famous Futurian writer. She passed away in 1994 without a trace that she was even there. Pass her story on. Have you heard of Mary Sherman Morgan? I hadn't until last week.
Mary Sherman morgan is the world's first female rocket scientist. I didn't know about her until last week when I first read the new book about her by her son, George Morgan. She kept her job identity secret from her friends and family for a very very long time. Even after she created Hydyne, the very fuel that boosted the Jupiter-C rocket, delivering the first satellite into space. I apologize for the shortness of this post. I have lots of homework and not too much time, so this post had to be short and snappy. I will probably write a follow up to this one with more info when I have more time (probably tomorrow)! Thanks for reading, Buzz |
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