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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]
Invention of a connector system, by Glen McFarlane. [71] [72] [73] Invention of the Compact Design H2 Energy Storage and Generation system. [74] Patented magnetic gearbox system. [75] Contributed to the development of a new type of polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT). [76] [77] Published the first comprehensive human microbiome study, by Karen Nelson ...
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.
Invention of the Lingo programming language used in Adobe Director, by John Henry Thompson. The language is used for animation, web design, graphics, sound and video games. [52] Co-invention of methods and apparatus for managing mobile content, by John Henry Thompson. [53] Walt W. Braithwaite helped transform the field of aerospace design ...
Mar. 2—It may seem like a recent trend for more women to be entering STEM fields, but women have a long history of contributing to innovations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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.
Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [ 1 ] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [ 1 ]
Pearl Taylor, 103, gives life advice on TikTok, where she is known as the “Jamaican grandma.” She lives on her own and credits a special diet for her health. Woman, 103, credits this 1 fruit ...