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Anne-Marie Lagrange, lead author of the study What an appropriate name for an astrophysicist. I wonder if she's distantly related to the namesake of the Lagran
by aaronbrethorst 1y ago
Anne-Marie Lagrange, lead author of the study
What an appropriate name for an astrophysicist. I wonder if she's distantly related to the namesake of the Lagrange point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point
Incidentally, although I'd never heard of A-M Lagrange before now, she's had an incredible career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie_Lagrange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie_Lagrange
- louthy 1y agoExactly my thought too, probably nominative determinism striking again
- kergonath 1y ago> What an appropriate name for an astrophysicist. I wonder if she's distantly related to the namesake of the Lagrange point. Scopus has 390 profiles of people named Lagrange. It is not a very popular family name but it is not uncommon either and some of them are bound to end up in academia, whether they are descendants of Joseph-Louis or not.
- fanatic2pope 1y agoIn fact, JWST orbits L2! https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F4STZH25YJH07WTN7XJYQP8P https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F4STZH25YJ...