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A fact from Joan Feynman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 April 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that astrophysicist Joan Feynman (pictured), sister of noted physicist Richard Feynman, discovered that auroras are caused by the solar wind's magnetic field interacting with Earth's magnetosphere?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joan Feynman.

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Kristian Birkeland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Birkeland) explained Auroras before Joan Feynman was even born. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.159.19.40 (talk) 22:03, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please bother to read both Birkeland's and Feynman's researches on the Subject. Birkleland pioneered the modern understanding of the nature of the Aurora. He didn't discover in one fell swoop everything worth knowing about it for the remainder of all time yet to come. Feynman discovered things about the Aurora which Birkeland never broached. In the future someone else may discover even more things about it. It's called Progress. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.223.130.32 (talk) 21:36, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The table of links at the end of the article is for Richard Feynman, not Joan Feynman. It is even titled "Richard Feynman". Please fix.

I deleted his table of links and added hers, but she does not have one yet, so that still needs to be made. --Betheyr (talk) 18:42, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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"My Mother, the Scientist" source questions[edit]

I was wondering if using "My Mother, the Scientist" is a good source because it is written about the author's mother, Joan Feynman, and there is an obvious bias. Thanks! --Betheyr (talk) 18:51, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

More detail is needed about Joann Feynman's awards and her accomplishments. They are mentioned, but not a whole lot is said. Chrish101618 (talk) 03:41, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Death[edit]

Sadly, Joan Feynman has died. I have added her death date and changed some of the sentences into past tense. There has not been any official obituary. We know this information from her immediate family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moniuhna (talk • contribs) 13:58, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Moniuhna! Thanks for your edit, but unfortunately I've just had to remove it - we'll need to wait for the obituary or another published source - we can't use word-of-mouth as it's impossible for our readers to verify our content is accurate. stwalkerster (talk) 14:04, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot find one reference that she has died. I mean she's so notable that the NYT, WaPo or someone would have written an obituary. SkepticalRaptor (talk) 22:52, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please find more information[edit]

There needs to be extensive research on her life because her life was just as fascinating as her brother. One amusing childhood fact was Richard hired his sister as a lab assistant and paid her four cents a week. He had a spark gap in his home lab and it was part of her job to put her finger in the spark gap for the amusement of his friends.

Another moment she recalled was when Richard was very close to death. He was in the hospice and the nurses said he couldn't understand what was going on because of how close to death he was. Right after the nurse said that, he took his hands and acted like a magician by making the gesture that he had nothing up his sleeves. He then put both of his hands next to his face and stuck his tongue out at the nurse.

Both of these were in a BBC interview, so I don't know where to get them, but they need to be explored. Inunotaisho26 (talk) 17:09, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]