She Was One of the Best Scientists of the 20th Century and Revolutionized Modern Optics, but She Was Never Given the Nobel Prize.

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Pioneer in surface physics and chemistry, this scientist revolutionized modern optics with a key invention and yet never received the Nobel Prize. Her work transformed the way light interacts with glass and opened a field that today is essential in multiple devices. Although Katharine Burr’s name does not always appear alongside that of other great referents of the 20th century, her career was exceptional from a very young age. She was the first…