[RIP] Katherine Johnson, mathematician and NASA legend, has died.

[Steven Schear]

The discovery of Pluto couldn't have been possible, astronomers have since
realized, without the calculations of a mathematician whom history has
forgotten.

https://www.space.com/amp/human-computer-elizabeth-williams-pluto-discovery.html

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 7:23 AM Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 17:41 Punk-Stasi 2.0 <punks at tfwno.gf> wrote:
>
>>
>>         who gives a fuck.
>>
>
> I do.  I really cried for her and you know me enough to know I am saying
> the truth about my tears.
>
> She was one of my heroines, someone very inspiring, my dear.  She broke
> several of society's and Nasa's stupid rules.  She was a black woman, an
> amazing mathematician, when women were considered nothing. Without her, the
> world would be very, very worst now.
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson>
>
> Or do you prefer my mourning about Larry Tesler, another inspiring person
> for me?
>
> <
> https://gizmodo.com/larry-tessler-modeless-computing-advocate-has-passed-1841787408
> >
>
> <
> https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/2/19/21144516/larry-tesler-cut-copy-paste-dies-at-74-apple-xerox-amazon-obituary
> >
>
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Tesler>
>
> Tender kisses.  Take care, my dear...
>
> Ceci
>
>>
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