Vera Rubin ➡

Happy Birthday Vera Rubin! I love Vera Rubin’s story. The more I lean the more I am impressed. Today I learned that it was her 88th birthday from the following tweet.

Vera Rubin, who discovered dark matter, turns 88 today. Somebody give her a Nobel already. https://t.co/2pWxizquwU pic.twitter.com/4w8rZz8TCm

— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) July 23, 2016

Please read about her from Brain Pickings or her Wikipedia page.