The remarkable career of Marie Tharp, the cartographer and scientist who helped map the ocean s floor for the first time in history, is preserved in her papers at the Library. A pioneering female scientist of 20th century, her work help lay the groundwork for the modern understanding of continental drift and plate tectonics.
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This composite image of NGC4535 shows a Hubble image of the galaxy, overlaid with new ALMA observations of the galaxy’s molecular clouds. [ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/PHANGS, S. Dagnello (NRAO)]