Sunday, February 11, 2018

TED Talks: How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars - Wanda Diaz Merced

Description from the TED Talks Youtube site for this video published on Jul 13, 2016:


"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 had a revelatory insight: the light curves she could no longer see could be translated into sound. Through sonification, she regained mastery over her work, and now she's advocating for a more inclusive scientific community. "Science is for everyone," she says. "It has to be available to everyone, because we are all natural explorers."




Video Source URL - https://youtu.be/-hY9QSdaReY

Original TED Talks Article 

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