Black-and-white photo of Dorothy Vaughan in front of an IBM machine (computer maybe?). She is smiling, her hair is up, and she is wearing a sleeveless dress with a multistrand of pearls.
Headshot of Dorothy Vaughan in later life.
Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
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Second Saturdays for Families: STEAM Adventures October 3, 2025 | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
11am–2pm activities | Free admission all day Celebrate National STEAM Day and discover what happens when art and science collide! Create a color wheel to
SATURDAY: #STEAM Family Adventure with me at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford!
Create a color wheel to explore the science of light and enjoy a special reading of SPARK: Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone 🎤
Hope to see you there!
www.thewadsworth.org/event/second...
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Second Saturdays for Families: STEAM Adventures October 3, 2025 | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
11am–2pm activities | Free admission all day Celebrate National STEAM Day and discover what happens when art and science collide! Create a color wheel to
SATURDAY: #STEAM Family Adventure with me at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford!
Create a color wheel to explore the science of light and enjoy a special reading of SPARK: Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone 🎤
Hope to see you there!
www.thewadsworth.org/event/second...
06.11.2025 20:14 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
My interview with #TavisSmiley is now live 🎧
BONUS: Scientist, inventor, and the subject of my new book, Jim West, is also on the program!
www.spreaker.com/episode/aini...
#Science #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #BlackInSTEM #BellLabs #inventor #scientist #HiddenFigures #BlackSky @mitpress.bsky.social
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TODAY! TUNE IN! 🎧
#BlackSky #Science #STEM #TavisSmiley #JimWest
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VOTE!! 🗳
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WOMEN IN PHYSICS DAY!
In honor of the pioneering women in physics who broke down barriers to do what they love, we celebrate Women in Physics Day on November 7th, the birthdate of both Marie Curie and Lise Meitner.
Marie Skrodowska-Curie (1867-1934)
Radioactivity pioneer, two-time Nobel laureate
A giant of science, Marie Sktodowska-Curie conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, a term she coined. She discovered two elements, founded two medical research centres, won two Nobels, and invented mobile X-ray units (dubbed petites Curies), saving countless lives in World War
Lise Meitner (1878-1968) Nuclear physicist
When Lise Meitner was a teen, Austria restricted female higher education. She pursued physics anyway, and 25 years later became the first woman in Germany to hold a professorship in physics. She helped discover nuclear fission, but was contentiously not awarded the 1944 Nobel alongside collaborator Otto Hahn.
NOVEMBER 7TH
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
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James West an african american sound technician that co-invented the electric microphone. He holds over 200 patents
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10/29 Spark: Virtual Book Talk with Ainissa Ramirez and James West | Possible Futures
beloved community, neighborhood bookspace, independent bookstore
TODAY at 6:30 PM EST: Meet Jim West!
I am so excited to be doing this event with @possible-futures.bsky.social and my mentor, amazing scientist, and the subject of my new book SPARK.
Hope you can make it!
www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/events/36908...
@mitpress.bsky.social #Science #SciArt
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10/29 Spark: Virtual Book Talk with Ainissa Ramirez and James West | Possible Futures
beloved community, neighborhood bookspace, independent bookstore
WEDNESDAY at @possible-futures.bsky.social: Meet Jim West!
I hope you can make this virtual event with my mentor, hero, and the subject of my new book, SPARK.
Register at:
www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/events/36908...
#Science #BookSky #BellLabs #inventor #scientists #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM 🧪
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10/29 Spark: Virtual Book Talk with Ainissa Ramirez and James West | Possible Futures
beloved community, neighborhood bookspace, independent bookstore
WEDNESDAY at @possible-futures.bsky.social: Meet Jim West!
I hope you can make this virtual event with my mentor, hero, and the subject of my new book, SPARK.
Register at:
www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/events/36908...
#Science #BookSky #BellLabs #inventor #scientists #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM 🧪
27.10.2025 17:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Let me know if you are interested in joining this starter pack #chemsky ⚗️🧪 #molswitch #molmachine
go.bsky.app/EwimNbK
27.10.2025 14:24 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0
MIT Family Weekend: Spark with Ainissa Ramirez
Bookstore specializing in books and journals published by the MIT Press as well as a curated selection of other publishers’ books in related fields, including art and architecture, computer science, cognition, neuroscience, and linguistics. The MIT Press Bookstore is dedicated to serving all ages and in 2021 the MIT Press launched two joint imprints with Candlewick Press – MITeen and MIT Kids Press. We now offer a full children’s section dedicated to showcasing these publications and fostering a love of non-fiction and learning in our younger generations. Located in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Attn #MITAlum: I will be at the Little Kresge Auditorium this SATURDAY!
I'll be discussing my new book, SPARK, about Jim West, and playing Black Inventor Bingo. Hope to see you!
mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/event/2025-1...
@mitpress.bsky.social #MIT #science #scientist #booksky #sciencenews #STEM
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MIT Family Weekend: Spark with Ainissa Ramirez
Bookstore specializing in books and journals published by the MIT Press as well as a curated selection of other publishers’ books in related fields, including art and architecture, computer science, cognition, neuroscience, and linguistics. The MIT Press Bookstore is dedicated to serving all ages and in 2021 the MIT Press launched two joint imprints with Candlewick Press – MITeen and MIT Kids Press. We now offer a full children’s section dedicated to showcasing these publications and fostering a love of non-fiction and learning in our younger generations. Located in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Attn #MITAlum: I will be at the Little Kresge Auditorium this SATURDAY!
I'll be discussing my new book, SPARK, about Jim West, and playing Black Inventor Bingo. Hope to see you!
mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/event/2025-1...
@mitpress.bsky.social #MIT #science #scientist #booksky #sciencenews #STEM
23.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks for the share, Lynne!
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In Spark: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone, Ainissa Ramirez introduces readers aged 5-9 to inventor Jim West. It’s the 1st of her children’s picture books on Black innovators. www.nasw.org/member_artic... bsky.app/profile/aini... ScienceWriters.org #SciWriBooks
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Thank you, Sara!
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Ainissa Ramirez introduces the first picture book in Candlewick Press/MIT Press Kids' Black Innovators series!
Find "Spark," the story of the insatiably curious scientist Jim West, at the MIT Press Bookstore: bit.ly/4no3FWb
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Thank you for sharing!
22.10.2025 14:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks so much for having me!
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Q&A with Ainissa Ramirez about her new children's picture book, SPARK.
@ainissaramirez.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdefzya7
22.10.2025 11:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Happy #BookBirthday to SPARK! 🎉
Out now via @mitpress.bsky.social 🥳
📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk
Give the gift of #science 🔎
Book 1 in the Black Innovator series 🎤
#science #booksky #Blacksky #SciArt #WomeninSTEM 🧪
#sciencenews #STEM #STEMforkids #picturebooks #kidlit
21.10.2025 14:43 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you for having me on, @writersrumpus.bsky.social! 🤓
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