"Although she was primarily a particle theorist, her most important work may well be her contribution to our understanding of superconductivity. She was a trailblazer for and, in her retirement, led the effort to chronicle the contributions of women to physics in the 20th century."
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Nina Byers
(January 19, 1930 – June 5, 2014) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics and astronomy, known for the . In 1982 she was elected a Fellow of the and a Fellow of the .
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