E. Margaret Burbidge

👽🚀 born August 12, 1919, Davenport, England Worked at UCSD i may be old but i am still alive.
happily married to Geoffrey Burbidge :))))))

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

@TheRealOGClyde yes

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@Galileo37074836 #rebel

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@G10vanniCass these are so cool!

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@Nicolaus_420 @Carl_Sagan1934 yall are both lame

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

I only got access to the Mount Wilson observatory after 10 years when I posed as my husband's assistant.
#menaredumb

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

I was turned down for a Carnegie Fellowship in 1945 because the Mount Wilson observatory was only reserved for men. #lame

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I have contributed to over 370 articles on astronomical research.🚀👽

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

I won the National Medal of Science. #AmICoolYet?

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

"There was a good teacher, and so i went on doing math." thanks Mr. Horstmeyer

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

#DidYouKnow I helped create the theory that measures the rotation and masses of galaxies.

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

being a woman it was very hard for me to earn respect as an astronomer, but I still pulled it off.😎

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

I discovered that Galaxy m82 had a black hole at the center of itself. 🤪

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

I also helped build part of the hubble space telescope #whatdidyoudotoday

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

@astro_isaac i did not need to know

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

I helped find out that all elements (except the lightest) are created from nuclear processes inside stars!

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

Mike is a wonderful softball trainer. He is the best of the best.

[Carl Sagan @Carl_Sagan1934]

@MrHorstmeyer wife 1, 2, and 3... don't hate the playa hate the game baby🤷‍♂️#hohoho

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

@MrHorstmeyer I win.

[E. Margaret Burbidge @MargB777]

in 1981*