Image source: Link below Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Chemistry, Civil Rights, Diversity in Science, Education, Women in Science Overcoming the dual hurdles of racial and gender bias, Marie Maynard Daly (1921–2003) conducted influential studies on proteins, sugars, and cholesterol. In 1947 she became the first Black woman to receive a PhD in chemistryContinue reading “Dr. Marie Maynard Daly…”
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Eugenics, Razors, and Valleys…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democratic Republic, Existentialism, Fascism Eugenics is an immoral and pseudoscientific theory that claims it is possible to perfect people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists used an incorrect and prejudiced understanding of the work of Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to support the idea ofContinue reading “Eugenics, Razors, and Valleys…”
Dr. Mark Dean…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Computer Science, Diversity in Science, Electrical Engineering Peripherals U.S. Patent No. 4,528,626 Inducted in 1997 Born March 2, 1957 Mark Dean and his co-inventor Dennis Moeller created a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices. Their invention paved the way for the growth in the InformationContinue reading “Dr. Mark Dean…”
Dr. George Washington Carver…
Image source: Tuskegee University (link below), and The Jessup Wagon: Rooted in History, Still Used Today, Alabama A&M & Auburn Universities, Wendi Williams Topics: African Americans, Agriculture, Black History Month, Botany, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science As a botany and agriculture teacher to the children of ex-slaves, Dr. George Washington Carver wanted toContinue reading “Dr. George Washington Carver…”
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science, Women in Science Dr. Alexa Canady was the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon. I attended a summer program for minority students at the University of Michigan after my junior year. I worked in Dr. Bloom’sContinue reading “Dr. Alexa Irene Canady…”
Dr. George Carruthers…
Dr. George Carruthers, [right], and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated ultraviolet camera/spectrograph, the first Moon-based observatory Carruthers developed for the Apollo 16 mission. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the observatory on the moon in April 1972. Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Diversity in Science, Instrumentation, NASA Dr.Continue reading “Dr. George Carruthers…”
Dr. Patricia Bath…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science, Women in Science Patricia BathLaserphaco Cataract Surgery U.S. Patent No. 4,744,360Inducted in 2022Born Nov. 4, 1942 – Died May 30, 2019Dr. Patricia Bath invented Laserphaco, a new device and technique for removing cataracts. It performed all the steps of cataract removal: makingContinue reading “Dr. Patricia Bath…”
Green Books, Boycotts, and Caveats…
Topics: African Americans, African Studies, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization The ‘Green Book’ Was a Travel Guide Just for Black Motorists, Danielle Moodie-Mills, NBCBLK, October 11, 2016 The meaning of SANKOFA, Sankofa.org/about Happy Black History Month (tomorrow), for what it’s worth at the moment. The Green Book: Guide to Freedom is a documentary about the emergenceContinue reading “Green Books, Boycotts, and Caveats…”
Carbon Storage…
Keeping the carbon: Biochar can be added to cement to sequester carbon within concrete. (Courtesy: Sabbie Miller) Topics: Biomass, Civil Engineering, Environment, Global Warming, Green Tech Replacing conventional building materials with alternatives that sequester carbon dioxide could allow the world to lock away up to half the CO2 generated by humans each year – about 16Continue reading “Carbon Storage…”
89 Seconds…
Topics: Applied Physics, Chemistry, Entropy, Environment, Existentialism Humans tend to chronicle worst-case scenarios, such as Armageddon (Judao-Christian), Pralaya (Hindu), and Ragnarok (Norse). If you follow the scripts for each, there is a “hack”: a insisted upon “happy ending” where everything is reborn anew, and those bothersome “others” that you couldn’t legislate or exterminate are killedContinue reading “89 Seconds…”
Physics and Nano 