Robert McNees on Nostr: Henrietta Swan Leavitt passed away in 1921, at the age of 53. A few years later, the ...
Henrietta Swan Leavitt passed away in 1921, at the age of 53.
A few years later, the Swedish mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler, unaware that she had passed, wrote her a letter praising her accomplishments. It read:
“Honoured Miss Leavitt, your admirable discovery ... has impressed me so deeply that I feel seriously inclined to nominate you to the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1926.”
A few years later, the Swedish mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler, unaware that she had passed, wrote her a letter praising her accomplishments. It read:
“Honoured Miss Leavitt, your admirable discovery ... has impressed me so deeply that I feel seriously inclined to nominate you to the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1926.”