Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say | Astronomy | The Guardian
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"But unlike the celebrated German astronomer Caroline Herschel, who was granted a salary by King George III to assist her brother William in his work as the court astronomer a century earlier, Walker’s work as a trailblazing female astronomer has been neglected."
Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say
Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billingDonna Ferguson (The Guardian)
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Aaron
in reply to Aaron • • •When the state barks the loudest, it it then that it is truly at its weakest. A state whose foundations fictions are in good shape does not need to pontificate and perform, illustrating their pretend-strength, like an insect flashing its wings so it does not get eaten.
The western nation states are weak. The fictions that underpin their dominance are currently in hospice. As such, they will get very violent, and then they will fall.
Aaron
in reply to Aaron • • •Aaron
in reply to Aaron • • •A border does not exist except in the minds of those who have accepted it as truth, without questioning. A border is not different from a national identity: a falsity, but an important one if you're trying to pit one group against another so you can stay in power.
Don't fall for it.