{"id":2391,"date":"2008-03-18T08:03:56","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T08:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/03\/18\/women-of-amo-physics\/"},"modified":"2008-03-18T08:03:56","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T08:03:56","slug":"women-of-amo-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/03\/18\/women-of-amo-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Women of AMO Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Steinn<\/a>, a “meme” asking people to name women in science<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Rules:
\n1. You can’t choose people from your own institution or company.
\n2. You can’t google or use the internet to aid in your search. (But if you know someone is a scientist, but not sure what disciple, you can look that up).
\n3. You can consult textbooks, journals, and class notes.
\n4. You can ask others to help you brainstorm, but they can’t use the internet just to get 5 names fast (see #2).
\n5. Living and deceased scientists are acceptable.
\n6. Links to or references about the named scientists are greatly appreciated. Let’s share the knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is difficult only because I’m horrible with names. In my subfield of physics, I immediately come up with:<\/p>\n

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