Introductions Necessary
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 10:22:30
- Mais informações
Informações:
Sinopse
Now airing season two celebrating women working "above the line" in film and television.
Episódios
-
Alice Evans
30/01/2024 Duração: 02minThanks to the work of Alice Evans, we can drink milk knowing that it’s been pasteurized to remove harmful bacteria. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
-
Judith Resnik
29/01/2024 Duração: 02minToday marks the thirtieth anniversary of the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger which killed its seven crew members including mission specialist Judith Resnik. Image: NASA
-
Lilli Hornig
28/01/2024 Duração: 02minLilli Hornig was a member of the Manhattan Project, and witnessed the first atomic bomb tests. Image: Wikimedia / Los Alamos National Laboratory.
-
Esther Lederberg
27/01/2024 Duração: 02minMeet Esther Lederberg, a microbiologist who made many influential discoveries. Image: Wikimedia.
-
Ashley Stroupe
26/01/2024 Duração: 02minMeet the first woman to drive on Mars, NASA’s Ashley Stroupe. Image: NASA/JPL.
-
Annie Jump Cannon
25/01/2024 Duração: 02minAstronomer Annie Jump Cannon found star classification systems didn’t fit her needs, so she created a new one that we still use today. Image: Wikimedia.
-
Elizabeth Blackwell
24/01/2024 Duração: 02minMeet Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree. Image: Wikimedia
-
Roberta Bondar
22/01/2024 Duração: 02minRoberta Bondar was both the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in space. Image: Wikimedia.
-
Marie-Anne Lavoisier
21/01/2024 Duração: 02minRestrictions of her time kept Marie-Anne Lavoisier from becoming a chemist herself, but she was integral to her husband’s work and the two changed chemistry forever. Image: Wikimedia
-
Yanping Guo
20/01/2024 Duração: 02minin 2006, NASA launched the New Horizons probe towards Pluto. Thanks to Yanping Guo, it reached its destination exactly on time. Image Source: NASA
-
Carolina Cruz-Neira
19/01/2024 Duração: 02minMeet Carolina Cruz-Neira, a computer engineer who is the co-inventor of the CAVE automatic virtual environment and a pioneer in virtual reality. Image: Wikimedia Commons.
-
Anita Borg
18/01/2024 Duração: 02minAmerican Anita Borg was a pioneering programmer and women’s advocate who co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Image Courtesy of the Anita Borg Institute.
-
Dian Fossey
17/01/2024 Duração: 02minIn December 1966 Dian Fossey arrived in Africa to begin her long term study of the mountain gorilla. Learn more about her work in today’s episode. Image: Wikimedia.
-
Katherine Johnson
16/01/2024 Duração: 02minMeet Katherine Johnson, a mathematician involved in many of America’s greatest achievements during the space race.
-
Hedy Lamarr
15/01/2024 Duração: 02minDuring awards season, many people in the U.S. have their eyes towards Hollywood. If you looked up the nominees and winners of the Golden Globes or the Oscars using a WiFi signal, then you have a different Hollywood star to thank: Hedy Lamarr.
-
Susan Helms
13/01/2024 Duração: 02minAstronaut Susan Helms holds a record for the longest spacewalk at 8 hours and 56 minutes. Learn more about her NASA career in today’s episode.
-
Maria Telkes
13/01/2024 Duração: 02minA pioneer of the use of solar energy, Maria Telkes, is often referred to as the “Sun Queen” and the ‘Mother of the Solar Home.”
-
Sophie Germain
12/01/2024 Duração: 02minThe late 18th century was not the best time to devote yourself to a life-long study of mathematics if you were the daughter of a merchant growing up in Paris, France. But that didn't stop Marie-Sophie Germain.
-
Kathryn S. McKinley
10/01/2024 Duração: 02minKathryn S. McKinley is a computer scientist who likes “to focus on practical problems,” and has helped create solutions that have had a major impact on modern computing.