Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Katharine Burr Blodgett’s story shows how a brilliant legacy can be forgotten


We trace the final chapter of Katharine Burr Blodgett’s career, her retirement from GE and her disappearance from public memory

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Scientific American

Read more on:

Photo of story

story

Photo of brilliant legacy

brilliant legacy

Related news:

News photo

1.9-Million-Year-Old Site Rewrites the Story of Humanity’s First Migration

News photo

Koalas Nearly Lost Their Genetic Diversity But Their Comeback Is Rewriting the Story

News photo

Twenty years cancer-free: one man’s story illustrates progress against follicular lymphoma - EurekAlert!