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Actors who are also scientists — mostly women. Who knew Hedy Lamarr was, yes, an actual rocket scientist?
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7:41 pm
Nice story. Being a former science geek, I knew about Hedy Lamar and her interest and work in rocketry.
9:50 am
>Who knew… ?
I did, too, thanks to reading, several years ago, the book Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists , a collection of short biographies, by Jim Ottaviani.
It is one in a series of comic books about scientists published by G. T. Labs.
I love my local library for stocking it.
11:09 am
Add Lisa Kudrow to that list – She graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology.