The Event
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This talk showcases little-known inventors, particularly people of colour and women, who had a significant impact but whose accomplishments have been hidden by mythmaking, bias, and convention.
Science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions, revealing the fascinating and inspiring stories on our relationships with technologies.
About the Speaker
Ainissa G. Ramirez is a science evangelist who is passionate about getting the general public excited about science.
Dr Ramirez received her training in materials science and engineering from Brown University and Stanford University. Prior to being on the faculty at Yale, she was a research scientist at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, in Murray Hill, New Jersey were she did award-winning research. She has authored more than 50 technical papers, holds six patents, and has presented her work worldwide.
She now focuses her energies on making science fun, and gave an impassioned called to action at TED on the importance of understanding science, technology, ,engineering, and math (STEM), which generated widespread enthusiasm. At Yale, she was the director of the award-winning science lecture series for children called ‘Science Saturdays’ and hosted two popular-science video series called ‘Material Marvels’ and ‘Science Xplained’.
