Robert R. Gilruth (left), MSC Director, presents President John F. Kennedy with a mounted model of the Apollo spacecraft.
As NASA returns to lunar exploration, we reflect on the legacy of #NASmember Robert Gilruth, director of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center during Apollo 11, who helped shape the system that put humans on the Moon. Learn more in his memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
What happens after you find the love of your life—and risk losing them? Sim One explores devotion, memory, and heartbreak with honesty and grace. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVBG5H1H @tomaherndonorcomms #LoveAndLoss #MemoirMonday #BookTwitter #Bereavement #freebooks
This #DoctorsDay, we remember Maria Iandolo New, who dedicated her career to improving the lives of children with endocrine disorders through earlier diagnosis and better care.
Read her memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u...
#MemoirMonday #NationalDoctorsDay #WomensHistoryMonth
On World Meteorological Day, we remember Jule Gregory Charney, a pioneer of modern atmospheric science whose work transformed weather prediction.
Explore the early days of numerical weather prediction in his NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday #WorldMetDay
"Pursuit of scientific progress was invariably far more exciting and rewarding when Tom Donahue was a partner."
A new memoir explores #NASmember Thomas Donahue's contributions to aeronomy, physics, and space and planetary science.
Read here: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
This #WomensHistoryMonth, explore the legacy of #NASmember Mildred Cohn, a pioneering biochemist who overcame barriers to transform her field with her work on enzymes & metabolism and paved the way for women in #biochemistry. Read her memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
#NASmember John Flavell was a preeminent figure in modern developmental psychology—introducing Jean Piaget to American audiences and founding the field of metacognition. Read more about his impact on #psychology in a new memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
#NASmember Patty Jo Watson revolutionized #archaeology with her work on early agriculture and cave sites. A mentor and innovator, she shaped generations of archaeologists and earned the field’s highest honors. Explore her legacy in a new memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Discover the heart of the Southwest through Larada Horner-Miller’s heartfelt memoirs, poetry, and stories rooted in real lives and warm desert skies.
Books that dance, laugh, and remember.
👉 Explore now: https://laradasbooks.com/
#IndieAuthor #SouthwestStories #MemoirMonday
#NASmember Eugene P. Kennedy, a giant of 20th‑century #biochemistry, discovered how cells build membranes via the “Kennedy pathway.” His work shaped U.S. science leadership and still guides cell biology research today. Read his NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Honored that my short piece, ”I Throw Pottery. Would I Throw My Career, Too?” was included in this week‘s #memoirmonday! Thanks @memoirland.bsky.social and @saribotton.bsky.social !
On #WorldWetlandsDay, we remember #NASmember Tom Phillips, a paleobotanist whose work on ancient peat‑forming wetlands advanced our understanding of wetland ecosystems in deep time. Read more about his quiet but enduring influence: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Though he has been gone for nearly 30 years, #NASmember Garrett Birkhoff's impact can still be felt in how #mathematics is taught and applied today. Revisit his influence on universal algebra and lattice theory in a newly published NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Today we honor the 100th birthday of the late #NASmember Richard Easterlin, whose work reshaped #economics by showing that national economic growth does not guarantee greater happiness. Read more about his profound impact in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Make sure to add Jessica Danger's upcoming memoir, NO HEROIC MEASURES, to your #MemoirMonday reading lists in advance to its May 5th release date!
Preorder NO HEROIC MEASURES right here: buff.ly/kjDWAF5
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On #NationalBirdDay 🐦, we celebrate #NASmember S. Dillon Ripley, ornithologist, conservationist & visionary Smithsonian leader, remembered for his work to document the birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Explore his soaring biography in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
In many ways, modern weather forecasting begins with #NASmember Norman A. Phillips.
A pioneer of numerical weather prediction, he built the the first successful general circulation model of climate.
Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: https://ow.ly/honA50XQ6hC #MemoirMonday
#NASmember William Labov didn’t just influence #linguistics—he reinvented it. He showed that language lives in people, history, and community. Read a new NAS memoir honoring Labov and the birth of sociolinguistics: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
A "towering figure in solid-earth geophysics," #NASmember Adam Dziewonski peered into Earth’s core and mapped our planet like no one before. 🌎 His seismic insights still echo through #geophysics today. Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
An early recipient of the NAS Public Welfare Medal, #NASmember Cleveland Abbe shaped the weather forecasts we check every morning and the time zones that keep our schedules in sync. 🌦️⏰ Discover his story in his NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday #ScienceHistory
#NASmember Pedro Cuatrecasas devoted himself to improving human health, overseeing the development of 40+ new drugs across his career. Read about his work as a scientific innovator and leader in pharmaceutical discovery in a new memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
It's not #MemoirMonday unless you're reading MY CHINESE AMERICA by Allen Gee! amzn.to/2Ji2iry
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Today marks the 100th birthday of #NASmember David Hogness. A pioneer of #genomics, he mapped and analyzed eukaryotic DNA and advanced developmental biology by uncovering key genes and their regulatory hierarchies. 🧬 Read his NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
“If you want to find something new, don’t look under a streetlight.” Condensed matter physicist and #NASmember T. H. Geballe lived by this belief, exploring superconductivity and the “maverick” materials that defy convention. Read his memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
November is #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, and we're remembering #NASmember Evarts Ambrose Graham, who performed the first successful lung removal to treat cancer in 1933 and helped show the link between smoking and lung cancer. Read his memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Don't miss out on listening to NEGATIVE SPACE by @lillydancyger.bsky.social on this #MemoirMonday! buff.ly/0TO3Klk
Known as the “father of quantum cosmology,” #NASmember James Hartle transformed our understanding of relativistic stars, black holes, and the universe as a quantum system with his seminal work with Stephen Hawking. Read his new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Happy #WorldStatisticsDay! 📊 In today's wold, high-quality statistics are more important than ever. Learn how #NASmember William Cochran advanced survey sampling and experimental design, shaping how nations collect reliable data. Read his memoir: https://ow.ly/4NFq50XcPPy #MemoirMonday
As new Nobel Prizes are announced this week, we remember #NASmember Ralph Steinman, whose discovery of dendritic cells reshaped #immunology. In 2011, he became one of the only people ever posthumously awarded a Nobel Prize. Read his memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Shoucheng Zhang. Oil on canvas, by Pamela Davis Kivelson (2024)
In a touching new tribute, #NASmember Shoucheng Zhang is described by his colleagues as "a brilliantly creative and deep physicist, and a widely curious intellectual with an irrepressible joy in exploring all aspects of life." Read more: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
