How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars
Wanda Diaz Merced studies the light emitted by gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic events in the universe. When she lost her sight and was left without a way to do her science, she...
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Gunel Eyyubova @gunnel
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Nov 21, 2023
- Curated in Effective Communication
This is probably one of the best speeches and one of its kind. Here, we can see how Wanda Diaz Merced uses her body language to capture the attention of her audience. It is recommended if you want to explore the way she interacts with her audience. Moreover, it is inspiring to witness how she conducts science with the help of sounds. It demonstrates that one doesn't need everything to engage in science. As she says, 'Science is for everyone; it has to be available to everyone because we are all natural explorers.'
While searching for ways to study stellar radiation without relying on sight, Wanda Diaz Merced has developed a method to represent complex data about our universe as sound. You will be inspired by this blind astronomer and how she approaches science.