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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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Abby Brown
Sep 8, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Livia Blackbourne
bad characters, good characters, misguided characters, or even those who feel trapped by their circumstances with no escape in sight.
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Abby Brown
Sep 7, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's research has led me to analyze the interactions of people and the environment, as well as animals and the environment.
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Abby Brown
Sep 7, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Mendeleyev
The study of chemistry is something I wanted to understand more. I did at one point. The more thorough studies were so close to the end of
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Abby Brown
Sep 6, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley's work encouraged me to reach deep within myself to find the meanings of ideas, places, and words, and to look beyond meaning.
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Abby Brown
Sep 5, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Francis Bacon
He created the beginnings of the scientific method as we know it today. He created tables with check off list like information to help with
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Abby Brown
Sep 4, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Galileo and Newton
These scientists continued to build upon each other's work, much as writers do. I hope that each novel I write takes science and life one
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Abby Brown
Sep 1, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Jane Goodall
her research methods were self taught. She was not limited by any former professor's expectations.
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Abby Brown
Aug 31, 2016
Inspirational Scientists - Copernicus and Johannes Kepler
As writers, we build upon the writings of others, much as scientists have done for centuries.
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