Our upcoming #SETILive interviews look at a new #LaserSETI exhibit and observatory location, the stunning artwork created in honor of this year's #DrakeAward recipients, and new science that reveals how #Ceres froze. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for notifications: https://www.youtube.com/SETIInstitute
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Happy birthday to #physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) who discovered atomic recoil, Radon & recognized radioactive elements could undergo chains of transmutations into a series of new elements. #nuclear #physics
She was Rutherford’s 1st grad student at McGill. After publishing her results in 1899 she completed her MSc in 1901 on “Damping of Electrical Oscillations,” before embarking on #radioactivity research. 🧵
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