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Christine Darden

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Christine Darden (born September 10, 1942, as Christine Mann) is an American mathematician, data analyst and aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to research supersonic flight and sonic booms. She had an M.S. in mathematics and had been teaching at Virginia State University before starting to work at the Langley Research Center in 1967. She earned a DSc in Mechanical Engineering at George Washington University in 1983 and has published numerous articles in her field. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted to the Senior Executive Service, the top rank in the federal civil service. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christine Darden is the 906th most popular mathematician (down from 791st in 2019), the 10,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,653rd in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Christine Darden ranks 906 out of 1,004. Before her are Claire Voisin, Hjalmar Mellin, Volker Strassen, Artur Avila, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Elon Lindenstrauss. After her are Armand Borel, Richard Borcherds, David Blackwell, Mark Kac, Salomon Bochner, and Philip Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Christine Darden ranks 619. Before her are Honorino Landa, Guus Kuijer, Paul Churchland, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Steve Wynn, and Jan Halvarsson. After her are Harald Norpoth, Dan Haggerty, Munyoro Nyamau, Mallikarjun Kharge, Jimmy Miller, and Eddie Kramer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christine Darden ranks 10,404 out of 20,380. Before her are Larry Williams (1935), Taboo (1975), Brewster Kahle (1960), Ethan Phillips (1955), Neal Morse (1960), and Janine Turner (1962). After her are Richard Shelby (1934), Asia Kate Dillon (1984), Hope Sandoval (1966), Dan Lauria (1947), Judy Tyler (1932), and Lil Yachty (1997).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Christine Darden ranks 79. Before her are Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Gilbert Strang (1934), George Mostow (1923), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), and Clifford Truesdell (1919). After her are David Blackwell (1919), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Richard Garfield (1963), Barry Mazur (1937), and Carl Pomerance (1944).

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