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Sheril Kirshenbaum | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.

But Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its climate. 

Tyndall was widely read. And Foote, being a woman, wasn't even permitted to present her own work. http://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer #history #science #ClimateChange

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Konrad Rudolph | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a A woman’s contribution to science relegated to a foote note yet again.

(Sorry!)
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1b58bedb | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a @e7f76f0d This should be a #movie. If anyone wants to collaborate on writing a #script, let me know! #screenwriting
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DJ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a I've seen a bunch of these lately (women and minorities not being credited) and I keep sharing them with my wife, appreciate the post.
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Lizzie | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a How much has this changed in that part of humanity? I'm not scientist, I have no idea, but I suspect it is still wildly sexist (and a few other ists)
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cccc14c5 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a Otto Hahn has got the Nobel prize for an invention of Lise Meitner. He didn't know what had happened during his experiment, so he sent the dates to Lise Meitner who wasin exile in Sweden at that time. She explained him, that a nuclear fission had taken place. He published it as his work and got the Nobel prize.
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Asariel | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a  People should read 'The scientific education of women' speech by Eugenio Maria de Hostos. Especially those who are in crystal ceiling organization.
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4646015e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a We should also give credit to Louisa Tyndall for her silent co-authorship of many of John's papers and her highly effective research into the medicinal uses of chloral hydrate.
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Eric Winnert | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a jeez 160 years we've had the climate science, and still do nothing.
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Hannu Ikonen, MD | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b5cdaf1a Rosalind Franklin just 95ish years earlier, it would seem.