Mae C. Jemison
Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on 17 October 1956. She was the first black woman in space. She is a former NASA Astronaut, an engineer, and a physician. … Continue reading Mae C. Jemison
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Exoplanets
An exoplanet is a planet outside of our solar system. Most of them have been discovered to orbit other stars, but there are also rogue planets, which orbit the galactic … Continue reading Exoplanets
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American experimental physicist. Wu was born in 1912 in Taicang, Jiangsu province, China. Her father was a passionate reader and fostered an educational environment of literature … Continue reading Chien-Shiung Wu
Wigner’s Friend
In 1961 Eugene Wigner created a thought experiment in theoretical quantum physics. The idea was developed further by David Deutsch in 1985. The thought experiment is as follows: A friend … Continue reading Wigner’s Friend
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Maryam was born in 1977 in Tehran, Iran. As a child she was put into the Iranian … Continue reading Maryam Mirzakhani
WiSW : Your Pick!
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Theoretical Physics
Theoretical Physics explains, rationalizes, and predicts natural phenomena with two primary tools: abstractions of physical objects and mathematical models. Theoretical physics is a separate branch from Experimental Physics, which is … Continue reading Theoretical Physics
WiSW: Katherine Freese
Katherine Freese was born in Freiburg, Germany. Her family emigrated to the United States before her first birthday. Her father is Ernst Freese, a molecular biologist. Her uncle is Ekkehard … Continue reading WiSW: Katherine Freese
Quantum Superposition
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment in quantum mechanics that demonstrates a paradox of quantum superposition. Quantum superposition states that any two or more quantum states can be added together … Continue reading Quantum Superposition
WiSW: Martha Chase
Martha Chase was born in 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster in Ohio in 1950. After graduating Martha Chase worked as a … Continue reading WiSW: Martha Chase
WiSW: Donna Strickland
Donna Theo Strickland is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers. After graduating from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute, she decided to attend McMaster University because … Continue reading WiSW: Donna Strickland
Digital LifeÂ
The etymology of the word digit is Latin. Digitus: Finger, toe. Humans have been using their digits to count for thousands of years. It could be the case that our … Continue reading Digital LifeÂ
WiSW: Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier is a researcher and professor of microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. She has been a director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin since 2015. There, … Continue reading WiSW: Emmanuelle Charpentier