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Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland: Experimental Physics Is Fun! (#380)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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The Origin of a Middle Name

In this chapter, they discuss the origin and significance of the speaker's middle name. They explain that it was originally Theodosia but was shortened to Theo. They also mention that they initially used their full name in their early papers to highlight that they were a woman in a male-dominated field. However, they later switched to using just their first initial and last name, influenced by a colleague and a grad student.

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