Alternate Title: Fans of Ayrton
Emlyn tells Emma about the genius engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor, and suffragette, Hertha Aryton.
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Sources
Main Story - Hertha Ayrton
- “The Life and material culture of Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854-1923): suffragette, physicist, mathematician, and inventor” by Elizabeth Bruton. Science Museum Group Journal. Autumn 2018, Issue 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/181002
- “Meet Hertha Ayrton, the mathematician who cleared WWI trenches of poisonous gas” by Joan Meiners. June 5th, 2020. Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/hertha-ayrton-mathematics-bodichon-electric-arc/
- Wikipedia, “Hertha Ayrton”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Ayrton
Women who Work
This week, we wanted to give credit to the many wonderful women who made the new COVID-19 vaccines possible! Read more about them in the following articles:
- Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American woman, is praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine
- Katalin Kariko's work in mRNA is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine
- Meet Kathrin Jansen who leads Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine team
- Prof Sarah Gilbert: The woman who designed the Oxford vaccine
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
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George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, LCCN 2014716701