Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.
But Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its climate.
Tyndall was widely read. And Foote, being a woman, wasn't even permitted to present her own work. http://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer #history #science #ClimateChange
javimel1213
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •A woman’s contribution to science relegated to a foote note yet again.
(Sorry!)
Piousunyn
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •There are similar stories for Katherine Way (nuclear fission), Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin (composition of Sun), and other women who weren't credited with their discoveries. Discarding, denying, discouraging talent of half of the population greatly retards advancement and even survivability of humanity. Needlessly.
"Look Around the Habitable World:
How Few Know Their Own Good,
Or Knowing It, Pursue."
- Dryden
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