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Wednesday Open Thread: Black History Facts

February 13, 2019 by pragobots Leave a Comment

Dale Brown Emeagwali (born December 24, 1954) is an American microbiologist and cancer researcher. Emeagwali’s scientific accomplishments include the discovery of the existence of isozymes of kynurenine formamidase in the bacterium Streptomyces paravulus. Prior to her findings, this isozyme was only known to exist in higher organisms. She also proved that cancer gene expression … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black History Facts

Saturday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire

December 8, 2018 by pragobots Leave a Comment

David Harold Blackwell (April 24, 1919 – July 8, 2010) was an American statistician and mathematician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and Bayesian statistics. He is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem. He was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, the first black tenured … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire

Friday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire

December 7, 2018 by pragobots Leave a Comment

Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an African American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in the industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire

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Wednesday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire

December 5, 2018 by pragobots Leave a Comment

Tiya Alicia Miles is an American historian. She is a Professor of History at Harvard University and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is a public historian, academic historian, and creative writer whose work explores the intersections of African American, Native American and women’s histories. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Geniuses That Inspire

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