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Abby Brown
Oct 10, 2021
Trails: First Generation - Gail Brown
Everyone thought Arizona and New Mexico would be forever safe from earthquakes, volcanoes, and shifting water tables.
Only, they aren't.
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Abby Brown
Oct 7, 2021
Introducing Gail Brown
Gail Brown enjoys exploring science and how it affects our daily lives. If only she could remember a tenth of what she once knew, her novel
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Abby Brown
Mar 30, 2017
Sally Ride (1951 - 2012)Women's History -
In 1983, twenty-three years after the first man in space, she brought women as close to equality in space as possible at the time.
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Abby Brown
Mar 26, 2017
Anna Howard Shaw (1847 - 1919) - Women's History
She witnessed the Civil War and World War 1 in the US.
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Abby Brown
Mar 21, 2017
Ellen Swallow Richards (1842 - 1911) - Women's History
She developed sewage treatment options, which have saved millions of lives over the years.
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Abby Brown
Mar 20, 2017
Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722 - 1793) - Women's History
When her father suggested she look at more crops the plantations could grow, her botany knowledge gave her ideas.
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Abby Brown
Mar 19, 2017
Margaret Knight (1838 - 1914) - Women's History
Almost all women have to invent something during some point in their lives. Most of those inventions are forgotten, or if they continue to
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Abby Brown
Mar 13, 2017
Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) - Women's History
Her interests concerned the both the livelihood of the fisherman, as well as conserving the fish population for future generations.
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Abby Brown
Sep 29, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Jen O'Keefe
It is her ability to include everyone when teaching science to her students. My blind friend, and her guide dog, weren't left out.
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Abby Brown
Sep 28, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Emily Lakdawalla
Emily Lakdawalla is a planetary scientist who writes about the Curiosity mission to Mars.
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Abby Brown
Sep 27, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Garry Hayes
Garry Hayes posted a magnificent blog series that included many places I could only dream of visiting.
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Abby Brown
Sep 26, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Chris Rowan
He studies plate movements and magnetism within the rocks. He studies plate tectonics, and natural hazards as they have occurred over thous
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Abby Brown
Sep 22, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Dr. Rebecca Williams
I've read various blogs about her studies into volcanoes and pyroclastic flows. Pyroclastic flows are deadly, like in Pompeii.
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Abby Brown
Sep 21, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Ron Schott
Hopefully, I can make others feel they can study and contribute to the future of scientific knowledge.
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Abby Brown
Sep 20, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Simon Winchester
These books, especially the last one, portray life during specific events. These aspects may not be pretty. They bring out the little poin
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Abby Brown
Sep 19, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Charles F Richter and Giuseppe Mercalli
Giuseppe Mercalli combined earthquake intensity scales to develop his own that came to be known as the Mercalli Scale. Later, Charles F Ric
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Abby Brown
Sep 18, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Francis Crick (1916–2004) James Watson (1928 - preset), Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004), and Rosalind Franklin (1920 - 1958)
Now, history is beginning to recognize the importance of women in science, and she has taken her historically accurate place beside her co
Abby Brown
Sep 15, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Darren Naish
He takes the knowledge and that was, and the knowledge that is and improves the available information for the future. He is a great artist,
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Abby Brown
Sep 13, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Albert Einstein
Many scientists have attempted to better understand and use Einstein's theories for their own work, continuing the time line of science know
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Abby Brown
Sep 11, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - John Dalton
His study of color blindness paved the path for an understanding of other genetic illnesses, many of which are only beginning to be recogniz
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