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Nergis Mavalvala

February 18, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Nergis Mavalvala

The Woman Who Helped Discover Gravitational Waves

Dr. Mavalvala's work helped confirm a prediction Albert Einstein made 100 years earlier.

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