Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

[mersipan]

 Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science and technology, named after one of the first female computer programmers (who also happened to have a very cool name).  So raise a toast sometime today to your favorite technological and/or scientific heroine.

For this year's ALD,  I'm celebrating Madeleine L'Engle - it might be a stretch

Comments

[yuggoth]

I am celebrating Horton, because he taught me that little tiny people live on flowers and sometimes whisper confusing or misleading instructions into our ears.

[mersipan]

He is not a woman! Boooooo.

[yuggoth]

He'sa 'phant.

[mersipan]

Right, so that's right out! Disqualified on two counts.

[wavelet]

I don't really know many woman scientists. But I'll take any reason to celebrate :)

[mersipan]

Well, aren't you thinking of pursuing studies of physics? In which case, you can celebrate yourself! Hooray wavelet! :D

[filkerdave]

Regardez ici :)

(This came up because I was thinking of Nobel laureate Roz Yalow, whom I've actually met :) )

[filkerdave]

Ὑπατία

[mersipan]

Awesome :) Hooray Hypatia!