Vera Rubin, Georgetown Ph.D. 1954 RIP

[Nevada Hoya]

Vera Rubin, one of the giants of astronomy, died Christmas evening. After her Ph.D. she worked at Georgetown for 11 years.

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/26/507022497/vera-rubin-who-confirmed-existence-of-dark-matter-dies-at-88

[RusskyHoya]

Nobel Prizes have been awarded posthumously before. Hers should be - and fully merits - the next.

www.popsci.com/in-memory-vera-rubin-woman-nobel-prize-forgot

skepchick.org/2016/12/rip-vera-rubin-who-should-have-won-a-nobel-prize/

www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/04/its-been-53-years-since-a-woman-won-the-nobel-prize-in-physics-whats-the-hold-up/