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First to utilize spectroscopic tomography in astronomy, by Mercedes Richards. First to make images of the gravitational flow of gas between the stars in any interacting binary-star system, by Mercedes Richards. First to image the chromospheres and accretion disks in Algol binaries, by Mercedes Richards.
Mercedes Tharam Richards (Kingston, 14 May 1955 – Hershey, 3 February 2016), [1] née Davis, was a Jamaican astronomy and astrophysics professor. [2] Her investigation focused on computational astrophysics, stellar astrophysics and exoplanets and brown dwarfs, [3] and the physical dynamics of interacting binary stars systems. [1]
Jamaican women scientists (3 C, 3 P) A. Jamaican astronomers ... Pages in category "Jamaican scientists" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Pages in category "Jamaican women scientists" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Helen Asemota; L.
Some names such as Marie Curie and Ada Lovelace are widely known, many other women have been active inventors and innovators in a wide range of interests and applications, contributing important developments to the world in which we live. [2] [3] The following is a list of notable women innovators and inventors displayed by country.
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Martha P. Haynes (born 1951), American astronomer specialized in radio astronomy and extragalactic astronomy; Martha Locke Hazen (1931-2006), American astronomer; E. Ruth Hedeman (1910–2006), American solar astronomer; Mary Lea Heger (1897–1983), American astronomer who studied the interstellar medium; Charlene Heisler (1961-1999), Canadian ...
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]