April 1, 2013 10:44 am PDT
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Rocket scientist who also made "a mean beef stroganoff" inspires debate on how to write about lady-scientists
Rocket scientist Yvonne Brill honored by President Obama. (Courtesy of Ryan K. Morris/National Science & Technology Medals Foundation) Yvonne Brill, a Canadian rocket scientist who developed jet propulsion technologies, died recently at 88, after a long career propelling human beings toward the stars. The New York Times obituary by Douglas Martin began with a quote [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WFT6YInUtCY/story01.htm
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