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In a cramped Harvard University sub-basement, a team of women is working to document the rich history of women astronomers.
More than 40 years before women gained the right to vote, female "computers" at Harvard College Observatory were making major astronomical discoveries.
Between 1885 and 1927, the observatory employed about 80 women who studied glass plate photographs of the stars. They found galaxies and nebulas and created methods to measure distance in space.
They were famous - newspapers wrote about them, they published scientific papers under their own names. But they were virtually forgotten during the next century.
But a recent discovery of thousands of pages of their calculations by a modern group of women has spurred new interest in their legacy.
A worthy effort, though the correct term for "female 'computer'" is "femputer", at least according to Futurama.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @12:49AM (1 child)
There's no irony involved. It isn't society separating out leftists. It's the opposite: leftists intentionally separate out themselves from the rest of society. It's yet another example of the division they intentionally create. Society is united until leftists come along and first separate themselves out from everybody else, and then the leftists separate everybody else into smaller groups based on irrelevant attributes.
Science is one of the most inclusive things there is. Anyone can be a scientist. All it involves is seeking knowledge through experimentation and observation. Science is about unification, cooperation, and growing our knowledge together.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @01:29AM
Me thinks you've had one too many huffs from the science bag my friend.