A self-described science evangelist, Ainissa Ramirez is on a mission to make science less intimidating and more accessible by revealing how ingrained it is in our everyday lives, whether you’re a math lover or a football fan.
The New York-based scientist and Stanford alum — Ramirez earned both her master’s and Ph.D in materials science and engineering there — worked for Bell Laboratories and spent a decade on the Yale University faculty. Today, she’s an award-winning writer, podcaster and keynote speaker, whose TED talk on science education inspired her first book, “Save Our Science.”
It was the gridiron that inspired her second, “Newton’s Football.” The book, co-authored with journalist Allen St. John, offers readers a different perspective on a timeless American tradition, not from the perspective of a football fan, but a scientist, explaining everything from the complexities of chaos theory to the physical evolution of the game.
