Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
06.02.2026 09:09
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It’s solid! I’ll take it as a good omen for 2026! 🤞
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I got potato 🥔 I’m comfortable with that 😂
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I will be around! Hope to catch you 😊
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Lovely to see you’ve finished! Time flies though…
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Congrats!
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Thrilled to be working on this with you guys and super excited to be finally at the data collection stage! 🤩
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🤣 100%
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I’m still teaching dev psych, will check it out!
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Congrats! 🤩
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Congratulations ☺️
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