Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
publication date: Saturday, October 26, 2019 (part of Fall 2019)
category: Science
clue: This native Chicagoan is a meme machine, thanks in part to citations by George Takei and Stephen Hawking.
explanation: Physicist Pasterski has been the subject of several trending memes and articles, especially after Hawking cited her work and Takei promoted it online. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
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