May 20, 2024 2 min read

Sophie Meets her Heroes

A **really** *old school picture of Sophie with Ada Lovelace*

*Maria Goeppert Mayer demonstrating how the structure of the nuclear shell can have applications in lasers*

*Henrietta Swan Leavitt at work identifying Cepheid variables*

But of course no trip would have been complete with a chance to visit Chester. (Otherwise known by his publication name, FDC Willard.

*Chester, otherwise known as FDC* Willard, was a very scientific cat,

Just like Marie Curie and Ada Lovelace, Chester, too broke down barriers in the world of science. He had the distinction of being the first cat in history have a physics paper published entirely in his name.

Before she completed her tour, Sophie had a chance to swing by the 70s and say hello and give him a few chin scritches (and a little half and half, she snuck in on the sly) and ask him his thoughts about theoretical physics.