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Biography of Vera Cooper Rubin
Name: Vera Cooper Rubin
Birth Date: July 23, 1928
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: astronomer, professor
Vera Cooper Rubin
Although her ideas on the nature of the universe were at first largely discounted, astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin (born 1928) has gained recognition for her research leading to the discovery of "dark matter."Vera Cooper Rubin's measurement of the speed of spinning galaxies suggests that science has only scratched the surface of the true nature of the heavens. Dark matter is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe. It is material that is thought to exert gravitational force on stars to keep them spinning inside their galaxies.Watched the StarsRubin was born on July 23, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At age 10, she was already fascinated by the stars. From her home in Washington, D.C., she searched the skies and watched the constellations until late at night. Despite warnings from her mother not to overdo her star gazing, Rubin continued to pursue her passion in the night skies. At age 14 she built …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…first two children. All four of her children have since earned doctorates in scientific fields. David (born 1950) has a Ph.D. in geology, Judy (born 1952) has a Ph.D. in cosmic-ray physics, Karl (born 1956) has a Ph.D. in mathematics, and Allan (born 1960) has a Ph.D. in geology.Because of her struggles to gain credibility as a woman astronomer, Rubin continued to encourage young girls to pursue their dreams of investigating the universe. She wrote a children's book titled My Grandmother Is an Astronomer in the hopes that other children will experience some of the joy she feels watching the night skies. Further Reading Discover, October 1990.Scientific American, March 1998.Biography.com, http://search.biography.com/ (October 15, 2001)."Vera Rubin and Dark Matter," CWP at Physics, UCLA, http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/ (October 15, 2001)."Vera Rubin's Dark Universe," Lake Afton Public Observatory Web site, http://web.physics.twsu.edu/lapo/ (October 15, 2001).
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