Ainissa Ramirez, PhD
@ainissaramirez.bsky.social
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Scientist. Speaker. Writer. And now Picture Book Author 📚 SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone is out 10/21/25 via Candlewick Press: https://bit.ly/SPARKbk 🎤 #HiddenFigures #science
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I was inspired to become a scientist after watching a television program called 3-2-1 Contact. When I saw a black girl solving problems, I saw my reflection. Now, I write science stories so that other people can see their reflections, like that PBS show did for me.
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Book mail: SPARK by Ainissa Ramirez and illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey. Thanks, MIT Kids Press!
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Wow!! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Just one week left till release day!! I can't wait! 🎉

I mailed Jim West a copy of SPARK in the meantime 🤓

📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk

@mitpress.bsky.social #BlackinSTEM #BlackSky #Science
#SciArt #BookSky #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #inventor #BellLabs #kidlit #picturebooks #STEMforKids #scienceforkids
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With the leaves changing and #fall at its peak, consider giving my podcast episode on the #STEM of the fall season a listen! Great for #kids asking why leaves change colors, or how #bugs prepare for the winter. No ads!

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STEM Stacks: A Lesson on the Fall Season
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Inventor Otis Boykin, gave the world precision resistors that power our electronics, and made pacemakers reliable and affordable. His brilliance in STEM still saves lives today. Celebrate Boykin, and the legacy of Black inventors who transformed technology and American history.
The Genius Who Made Hearts Beat: Otis Boykin [AAHIAH Ep. #124]
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That‘s amazing. You were so lucky to have such experts as neighbors.
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Jim West's group taught us everything we know about building ultra-quiet rooms
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SPARK sighting at @possible-futures.bsky.social!

Less than two weeks till it's available at a bookstore near you!

Share the story of Jim West and his invention of the microphone we all use today on Zoom, phones 🎤

Preorder here: bit.ly/SPARKbk

#WomeninSTEM 🧪
#SciArt
#Booksky
#Science
#Blacksky
ainissaramirez.bsky.social
SPARK sighting at @possible-futures.bsky.social!

Less than two weeks till it's available at a bookstore near you!

Share the story of Jim West and his invention of the microphone we all use today on Zoom, phones 🎤

Preorder here: bit.ly/SPARKbk

#WomeninSTEM 🧪
#SciArt
#Booksky
#Science
#Blacksky
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Flying through the "spaceport" of my diffraction art!

Intensity of diffracted light for different wavelengths.

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
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It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret!

Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓

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Quantum tunneling trio win the 2025 physics Nobel
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis get the award for demonstrating quantum mechanical effects at the macroscale
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It is nice to be excited about something again, particularly in science. #nobelprize
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An old work colleague of mine just got the Nobel Prize. I’m so thrilled. Congrats Michel Devoret!

#nobelprize #physics
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An old work colleague of mine just got the Nobel Prize. I’m so thrilled. Congrats Michel Devoret!

#nobelprize #physics
ainissaramirez.bsky.social
A new episode of Science Underground is now available! 🎉

It's on the scientist, inventor, and the subject of my new book, SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone.

@mitpress.bsky.social #science #booksky #Blacksky
#womeninSTEM 🧪

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Jim West — Ainissa Ramirez
Learn about the Hidden Figure behind the microphone.
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Daniel J. O'Brien! @philbildner.bsky.social @danielostudios.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
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Happy Techies Day! Celebrate by reading biographies of women computer pioneers, ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE and GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE. @steamteambooks.bsky.social
#bookposse #teachers #librarians#homeschoolers #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #WomenWhoCode
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🚀 Marian Croak, the brilliant mind behind the tech powering Zoom, FaceTime & WhatsApp, holds 200+ patents and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame!