{"id":3129675,"date":"2016-08-01T00:02:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T04:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/mercedes-tharam-richards\/"},"modified":"2016-08-01T00:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T04:02:22","slug":"mercedes-tharam-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/mercedes-tharam-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes tharam richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Richards\u2014<\/b><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mercedes Tharam Richards<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, de 60 a\u00f1os, el<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 de febrero de 2016, en Hershey, Pensilvania. Mercedes naci\u00f3 el 14 de mayo de 1955 en Kingston, Jamaica, hija de padres cu\u00e1queros, Phyllis y Frank Davis. Cuando era ni\u00f1a, su familia viaj\u00f3 mucho. Polifac\u00e9tica, estudi\u00f3 interpretaci\u00f3n de viol\u00edn cl\u00e1sico y teor\u00eda musical, y hab\u00eda aprobado todos los ex\u00e1menes para obtener la licenciatura de la Royal School of Music, excepto uno, antes de dedicarse a la f\u00edsica. Dominaba el franc\u00e9s; ten\u00eda conocimientos pr\u00e1cticos de alem\u00e1n, espa\u00f1ol, eslovaco y checo; y escribi\u00f3 varios vol\u00famenes de poes\u00eda. Obtuvo una licenciatura (con honores especiales) en f\u00edsica por la Universidad de las Indias Occidentales en 1977 y un m\u00e1ster en ciencias espaciales por la Universidad de York en Toronto en 1979. Continuando con sus estudios, se cas\u00f3 con Donald Richards en 1980 y obtuvo un doctorado en astronom\u00eda y astrof\u00edsica por la Universidad de Toronto en 1986.      <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trabaj\u00f3 en astrof\u00edsica computacional, astrof\u00edsica estelar y exoplanetas, y fue la primera persona en aplicar nuevos m\u00e9todos estad\u00edsticos de correlaci\u00f3n de distancias a grandes bases de datos astron\u00f3micas. Su carrera la llev\u00f3 a la Universidad de Carolina del Norte (1986-87), la Universidad de Virginia (1987-2002) y la Universidad Estatal de Pensilvania, donde trabaj\u00f3 desde 2002 hasta su jubilaci\u00f3n. Apasionadamente dedicada a estudiantes de todas las edades y clases, fund\u00f3 y dirigi\u00f3 SEECoS, un programa de divulgaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica para escuelas secundarias en Penn State. Sus clases introductorias de astronom\u00eda fueron de las m\u00e1s populares del campus.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit\u00f3 Am\u00e9rica del Norte y Central, Europa, Asia, \u00c1frica y Australia, donde estudi\u00f3 en el Observatorio Vaticano en Castel Gandolfo, el Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, la Universidad de Heidelberg, el Observatorio Nacional Kitt Peak, el Observatorio de Teide, el Observatorio Nacional Espa\u00f1ol, Skalnat\u00e9 Pleso y Lomnick\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt en Eslovaquia, el Observatorio Astron\u00f3mico Sudafricano y el Observatorio de Ondrejov. Organiz\u00f3 conferencias de astronom\u00eda en Australia y Eslovaquia, y fue m\u00e1s conocida por sus c\u00e1lculos pioneros de tomograf\u00edas Doppler de estrellas binarias en interacci\u00f3n para simular el flujo de gas y predecir la actividad magn\u00e9tica. Mercedes recibi\u00f3 la Medalla Musgrave de Oro del Instituto de Jamaica en 2008 y un premio Fulbright Distinguished Chair Research en 2010, que utiliz\u00f3 para investigar estrellas binarias en interacci\u00f3n en el Instituto Astron\u00f3mico de Eslovaquia. Fue presidenta de la Comisi\u00f3n 42 de la Uni\u00f3n Astron\u00f3mica Internacional, consejera y conferenciante Harlow Shapely de la Sociedad Astron\u00f3mica Americana, y miembro del Consejo de Asesores del Instituto Caribe\u00f1o de Astronom\u00eda.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fue miembro de los Meetings de Amigos en Kingston (Jamaica), visitando regularmente hospitales infantiles con ropa, comidas y buen \u00e1nimo; Toronto (Canad\u00e1), coordinando el plan de estudios de la Escuela del Primer D\u00eda y visitando prisiones; Charlottesville (Virginia), sirviendo en la orientaci\u00f3n matrimonial y otros comit\u00e9s; y State College (Pa.) Meeting, contribuyendo al banco de alimentos local.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Su porte irradiaba dignidad, y sus ojos transmit\u00edan una aguda inteligencia, pero su c\u00e1lida sonrisa era acogedora. No solo dej\u00f3 una huella imborrable en la comunidad cient\u00edfica, sino tambi\u00e9n en la vida de los dem\u00e1s con su amabilidad, calidez y humildad. A Mercedes le precedieron en la muerte su padre, Frank Davis Sr., y su hermana, Yvonne Davis. Le sobreviven su esposo, Donald Richards; dos hijas, Chandra Richards y Suzanne Richards; su madre, Phyllis Davis; y un hermano, Frank Davis.   <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richards\u2014 Mercedes Tharam Richards , de 60 a\u00f1os, el 3 de febrero de 2016, en Hershey, Pensilvania. 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