Detail of a photo: Maze of layered canyon walls and buttes in bands of red, cream and grey, receding into the distance in soft evening light.
GeoLog

Kirstie Wright

Geoscientist with research interests in volcanic and deep-water sedimentary systems. I largely work with subsurface data, previously in the energy industry now in academia. I am also interested in science engagement and am part of the communications team for DTRH?! Find out more about me here.

Using comics to talk about sexism in science: how ‘Did this really happen?!’ is trying to change the conversation

Using comics to talk about sexism in science: how ‘Did this really happen?!’ is trying to change the conversation

1953: Marie Tharp created a map that showed the seafloor was spreading via the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and therefore proved the theory of plate tectonics, only for it to be dismissed as “”girl talk” by her (male) supervisors. 1968: A few years after winning the Nobel Prize (without crediting her work), James Watson wrote about Rosalind …[Read More]