️ Pioneering theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard has died at 86

Gaillard's calculations correctly predicted the mass of the charm quark and contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson as she triumphed over sexism in the field of physics.

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Pioneering theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard has died at 86 - Berkeley News

Gaillard's calculations correctly predicted the mass of the charm quark and contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson as she triumphed over sexism in the field of physics.

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