That's Funny. She Doesn't Look Latina: Parte XXV

Deborah Berebichez. A Mexican physicist, data scientist, TV host, educator, and blogger of Jewish descent who is known for promoting education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. In 2004, she became the first Mexican woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University. Sometimes going by the name of "The Science Babe", she has appeared in television and radio segments where she explained scientific concepts in ordinary life.

She has also been featured in the television show "You Have Been Warned" (a.k.a. "Outrageous Acts of Science") on The Science Channel, and among other things, she was a recipient for Top Latina Tech Blogger by the Association of Latinos in Social Media LATISM.

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora!

AKA Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.

Born August 14, 1645. Died August 22, 1700.

He was one of the first great intellectuals of the province of New Spain (later known as Mexico) as well as a friend of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Despite being a priest, he was also known to his contemporaries as a man of science. He was also a poet, a writer of non-fiction, a historian, a philosopher, a cartographer and a cosmographer. In 1690, he published Los Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez, a book about pirates which was once thought to be Latin America's first novel until recent research revealed it to be more of a non-fiction story.

He was not always popular with his superiors but he did leave behind a substantial intellectual legacy. Unfortunately, few of his countrymen dared to follow in his footsteps until many years after his death.

Movie Quote of the Week

I think your mother was right. I think Frankenstein ought to be required-reading for all scientists.
--Eric Braeden, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)