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Women in STEM #30: WhY Not? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/1/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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This cache is part of an occasional series about Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.  

DriveToWander has always been supportive of the Women In STEM caching series, but he has been begging and pleading for the chance to create a puzzle himself. A woman can take only so much groveling, so I finally acquiesced in late March. He immediately started thinking about STEM professionals he wanted to highlight, and brainstormed a long list. He went to bed a bit early and woke up before the crack of dawn yesterday, claiming it was to catch a plane but we all know the truth, namely that he was incredibly eager to finish making this puzzle.

Note: If you believe any of the above saga (except the waking up early to catch a plane), please check your dictionary because it's probably missing the word gullible.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to identify the phrase that goes into the geochecker to reveal the coordinates. Specifically, here’s the question you need to answer: what do all of the people listed below have to do with the Women in STEM series? Enter your answer into Certitude to get the coordinates for the cache.

It’s likely you will recognize many of these people but DriveToWander and I both encourage you to be the “advanced student” and look up any you don’t recognize.  

AVogadro’s Number

PythagorEan Theorem

MooRe’s Law

HalleY’s Comet

BrailLe

BrownIan Motion

STudent’s t-test

Celsius, Kelvin and FahrenheiT

NobeLium

CartEsian Coordinates

NewTon’s Laws of Motion

SilHouette

PastEurization

BayeSian Statistics

SchrödingEr’s Cat

DArwin Award

FerRis Wheel

EulEr’s Number

MAson Jar

SaLisbury Steak

DoppLer Effect

ScovillE Units

SaXophone

FAllopian Tubes

FerMat’s Last Theorem

HiPpocratic Oath

IsLets of Langerhans

BoylE’s Law

KrebS Cycle

PoissOn Distribution

GrashoF Number

HeiMlich Maneuver

ArchimedEs Principle

BerNoulli’s Equation

TurIng Machine

HeisiNberg Uncertainty Principle

PaScal’s Triangle

RichTer Scale

VEnn Diagram

GrahaM Crackers

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

vg'f va pregvghqr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)