Scott Lilienfeld Psychology mythbuster
“He wanted to help people learn to think critically so that they could become better citizens.”
From This is True for 4 October 2020
Volume 9
2020-2021
Harold Evans Newspaper editor
Evans risked his career to demand compensation for thalidomide victims.
From This is True for 27 September 2020
Robert Gore The comfortably dry
Gore invented Gore-Tex fabric using an invention his father came up with: Teflon.
From This is True for 20 September 2020
Lorna Cubillo Stolen Child
Cubillo died “over the weekend” — none of the reports I found gave her the dignity of reporting a specific date.
From This is True for 13 September 2020
Sue Nichols Maciorowski Visual artist
“The title ‘Production Stylist’ was created for her, as no one had done a similar role before at Disney Animation.”
From This is True for 6 September 2020
Arnold Spielberg Computer pioneer
He was hired away by General Electric, where he led the design of the GE-225 computer.
From This is True for 30 August 2020
Hal Singer Tenor Saxophonist
As a child, Singer was taught violin, but as a teen he switched to clarinet, and then his final instrument of choice: tenor sax. Singer was born in the “Greenwood District” of Tulsa, Okla. — a “freedom colony” of African Americans that thrived: it was known as “Black Wall Street” …which was burned to the … Read more
From This is True for 23 August 2020
Russell Kirsch Pixelator
Kirsch had a radical thought: what if computers could see?
From This is True for 16 August 2020
Frances Allen Computer compiler expert
Allen was the first woman to receive the Turing Award, recognizing her “enormous impact on compiler research and practice.”
From This is True for 9 August 2020
Bill English Computer engineer
English built the first computer mouse.
From This is True for 2 August 2020