Talk:Nancy Roman

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Guanaco23 in topic Related article Kevin France

Not mentioned in the Hubble Space Telescope edit

The "Mother of Hubble" is not mentioned in name in the Hubble Space Telescope (except in a ref) Golan's mom (talk) 17:49, 17 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

High school in Baltimore edit

Personal life makes no mention of time spent in Maryland, but Education lists high school in Baltimore. GenacGenac (talk) 22:04, 11 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

As indicated in his bio at Mich Tech her father, Irwin, went to Nevada on a one year sabbatical in 1935. Following the sabbatical he was hired by US Geological Service and moved his family to Baltimore, MD. {q.v.:https://blogs.mtu.edu/physics/2000/01/mtu-physics-department-history-irwin-roman/}

Joev.mich (talk) 22:49, 8 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Date of Death was the 25th edit

As to the date of death, unfortunately Tomcat was misled by the NY Times. The obit on the Times clearly states she died on Wednesday which was the 26th. However, as was correctly reported by AP and widely elsewhere, she died on Tues, Christmas day, Dec 25th. (q.v.: https://apnews.com/dd5233540f364eb1b8c2973446cfde15)

fair disclosure: I may have a conflict of interest issue; my wife is the subject's cousin.

Joev.mich (talk) 23:06, 3 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Chicago/Yerkes edit

Para 3 says "3000 publications". Should this be 3000 citations, i.e. cited by 3000 individual other articles/publications or is this a difference in US/UK usage?TSRL (talk) 21:46, 4 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Related article Kevin France edit

Why is Kevin France listed as a related article? His work is. I more related to Nancy Grace Roman as that of hundreds of other astronomers. Guanaco23 (talk) 01:16, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply