Transcript: DeVorkin: What possessed you to do such a thing? Rubin: I don't have the vaguest idea. I just found it fascinating.

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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 20:26:36 UTC Robert McNees

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   And also David DeVorkin's interview with Vera Rubin for the AIP's oral history series. It’s a great read.

   https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/5920-1

   This bit, especially, does a beautiful job of capturing the germ of basic research. DeVorkin asks Rubin what possessed her as a child to stay up late and study the sky.

   Rubin: “I don’t have the vaguest idea. I just found it fascinating.”