You mean Joan Feynman, the genius who identified the mechanism that leads to the formation of auroras and developed a statistical model to determine the number of high-energy particles expelled from coronal mass injections that would hit a spacecraft during its lifetime? She had a brother? Oh yes, I suppose you might mention him in passing ...Richard Feynman's (the genius who shared the Nobel Prize in 1966 for quantum electrodynamics and a shameless ham) little sister. Apparently talent ran in th family.
When I was working at a bookstore my boss bought a signed copy of "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman" signed by him. Apparently it's one of the most valuable signatures around. Book sold for $15,000.You mean Joan Feynman, the genius who identified the mechanism that leads to the formation of auroras and developed a statistical model to determine the number of high-energy particles expelled from coronal mass injections that would hit a spacecraft during its lifetime? She had a brother? Oh yes, I suppose you might mention him in passing ...
The only Bondgirl, Bond married to.Dame Diana Rigg has passed away aged 82.
Synonymous with her iconic role in the 1960's TV series, "The Avengers" as the sexy leather clad sidekick Emma Peel.
R.I.P. to an acting legend.
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...and died/killed in honeymoon.The only Bondgirl, Bond married to.
Rest in Peace Diana Rigg.Dame Diana Rigg has passed away aged 82.
Synonymous with her iconic role in the 1960's TV series, "The Avengers" as the sexy leather clad sidekick Emma Peel.
R.I.P. to an acting legend.
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Born in South Yorkshire, educated about two miles from me in the private Fulneck school at Pudsey, won a scholarship from Leeds City Council to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.Dame Diana Rigg has passed away aged 82.
Synonymous with her iconic role in the 1960's TV series, "The Avengers" as the sexy leather clad sidekick Emma Peel.
R.I.P. to an acting legend.
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I think she did more for women's 'empowerment' than any number of 'activists'
No mention of her role,in Dr Who....
Yes, it was fascinating to read that many of the cases she argued before the Supreme Court before she became a Justice were against laws that favored women over men. One involved a widower with a young child who wanted the benefits that a widow would have gotten so he could stay home and raise their child after his wife died. She felt that the best way to advance women was to insist that everyone be treated equally.View attachment 903482 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
Notorious. . .
The film about her life, RBG, released in 2018, was both inspiring and revelatory. She did so much for the civil rights of so many, not just women.
French-British actor Michael Lonsdale (1931-2020).
He has worked with many famous directors and played in tens of movies, such as in 'Is Paris Burning?" (1966) 'The Day of the Jackall' (1972), 'Galileo' (1974), 'Le fntôme de la Liberté' (1974), 'The Passsage' (1979), 'Moonraker' (1979), 'The Name of the Rose' (1986), 'Agora' (2005),...