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My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband

Taylor Mill cut to the heart of issues in political thought such as patriarchy, socio-economic justice and freedom.

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Sep 3 • 8:58 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
My unsung hero of science: William Adams, the Bombay bureaucrat whose vision of a solar future was dashed by colonial conservatism

William Adams was convinced that solar energy could change the world. The problem was, he needed more sun to demonstrate it.

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May 29 • 9:15 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
My unsung hero of science: Carolyn Wood Sherif, pioneer of feminist psychology who foresaw the risks of scientific bias

In 1979, Wood Sherif wrote my favourite psychological paper of all time.

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May 15 • 4:51 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
My unsung hero of science: Buckminster Fuller, the architect who wanted to redesign the world (and inspired a nanosized one)

Few 20th-century scientific figures are as hard to classify as Buckminster Fuller.

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Mar 24 • 1:52 PM EDT • Science • theconversation.com