Meet Elizabeth William, the Mathematician Whose Calculations Helped Discover Pluto


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We’re always so glad to add missing names and contributions to our history books! From Harvard’s Astrophysics Data System via Space.com:

He soon hired a young mathematician, Elizabeth Williams, to lead his team of “computers”. Williams graduated from MIT in 1903, one of the top mathematics students in her class.

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