From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: 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.”