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10 Amazing women now forgotten:

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Well this forgotten thread just keepuing it warm:

Liese Meitner, who interpreted the Observation of Hahn correctly as nuckear fission, but was not included in the win of the Noble Prize...

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Originally posted by @ponderable
Well this forgotten thread just keepuing it warm:

Liese Meitner, who interpreted the Observation of Hahn correctly as nuckear fission, but was not included in the win of the Noble Prize...
Forgotten!? She has an element named after her! You might as well say Emmy Noether has been forgotten, or Mary Anne Evans.

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Originally posted by @ponderable
mathematician or Economist? She sure could do the numbers, but she probably added not much to the methods, did she?
Probably not, she wasn't a brilliant Mathematician.
But apparently invented the pie chart.

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Marie Curie

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Originally posted by @sonhouse
https://www.livescience.com/55485-amazing-women-history-forgot.html
What? No Hillary Clinton on the list?

Well at least put Obama on there.

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Skeeter

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Hedy Lamarr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

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Originally posted by @suzianne
Hedy Lamarr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
Good one Suzianne!!
More than just a beauty : Hedy had a prolific memory for complex detail...and can be credited for bringing her husband's war-time technical knowledge to the U.S.

She was also a competent actress. Her films still intrigue me even after 70 years.

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Originally posted by @wolfe63
Good one Suzianne!!
More than just a beauty : Hedy had a prolific memory for complex detail...and can be credited for bringing her husband's war-time technical knowledge to the U.S.

She was also a competent actress. Her films still intrigue me even after 70 years.
Her husband? Her hubby at the time was an actor and nothing but. Her technical achievements were her own.

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Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Her husband? Her hubby at the time was an actor and nothing but. Her technical achievements were her own.
Indeed, the frequency hopping technology we use on cell phones today, called Spread Spectrum' was first thought of by Hedy.
comes from her inventions that tried to thwart German torpedo's, a signal that changed frequency to stop electromagnetic interference.

In 1997 she received the Electronic Frontier foundation Pioneer award and also in '97 she received the BULBIE Spirit of achievement award, thought of as the oscar for inventors.

On receiving that award she said "About time"!

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Originally posted by @sonhouse
bump
Instead of supplying just a link why not talk a bit about it as well? Might have gotten more replies.

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Originally posted by @kegge
Skeeter
LOL...Now that would be a debate just mentioning that name when talking about Amazing women! 😉

-VR

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Originally posted by @trev33
Instead of supplying just a link why not talk a bit about it as well? Might have gotten more replies.
Physician, heal thyself.

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Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Her husband? Her hubby at the time was an actor and nothing but. Her technical achievements were her own.
Her first husband was Fritz Mandl. He was a wealthy Austrian industrialist. He was closely associated with the Italian Fascists. He entertained many top scientists and politicians in his home. Hedy was there.
She listened intently. She was very interested and had natural scientific abilities. She also had an incredible memory.