Hannah Carson was a physics professor who spent most of her career at Princeton University. She encountered Ben Song on six of his leaps, directly assisting his mission on five of them, while continuing an unconventional romance with him. She also created the formula that allowed Ben to eventually reunite with his ex-fiancee Addison Augustine.
Hannah is the mother of Jeffrey Nally, also known as tech billionaire Gideon Ridge in an alternate timeline.
Biography[]
Based upon her first meeting with Ben, as well as her second in 1955, as well as her having a 7-year-old son in 1970, it could be assumed she was born between 1925-1930, possibly closer to 1928.
During World War II, she was a programmer on the first electromechanical computer, but lost the job when the war ended.
In 1949, Hannah was a waitress living in Starlight, New Mexico, when she meets in Ben Song in the body of Agent Robert Cook, who encourages her to join a new Physics program open to women at Princeton University. [1]
In 1955, Hannah was attending Princeton University as a student of Professor Donovan, who was taking credit for her work. She meets Ben Song in the body of Prof. Henry McCoy, who asks for her help in finding a secret code from the recently deceased Albert Einstein. Hannah feels a connection to him and Ben confesses his identity during the leap. Donovan is disgraced at the end of the leap, allowing Hannah to get proper recognition for her work. Ben and Hannah kiss just before he leaps.[2]
In 1961, was in Cairo for a conference and encountered Ben again, this time as a CIA agent. She helps him with the leap. Hannah is "introduced" to Addison Augustine as Ben's hologram. For a time, Ben believes he has failed and is stuck in 1961, and they have a romantic afternoon while contemplating spending the rest of their lives together. But ultimately, Ben is able to leap again.[3]
In 1970, Hannah is living in Trenton, New Jersey. She was the first female chair of the Princeton Physics Department, married to Rutgers Professor of Medicine Josh Nally, and has a 7-year-old son, Jeffrey who she says is smarter than she is. She encounters Ben again in the body of her estranged brother-in-law, and helps with the leap. Ben is reluctant to have another romantic encounter given that she is married.[4]
Later in 1971, Hannah receives a letter from Ben Song mailed in 1953,[5] telling her to have Josh get a blood clot checked. This allows Josh to live for 600 more days than the original timeline, when he dies in a car wreck immediately after finding the letter and having a big fight with Hannah.[6]
After Josh's death, Hannah and Jeffrey have a difficult time financially. They move to an apartment tower in Baltimore and she starts working for DARPA on some theoretical physics projects. She encounters Ben again in 1974, when her apartment building is engulfed by flames. Ben, in the body of a firefighter, is able to rescue both her and Jeffrey. While she is pinned under some debris and expecting to die, she gives Addison the completion of the equation she had been working on for DARPA, which is the solution to bring Ben home that Ian Wright had been attempting to complete.[7] She tells Ben that her calculations show that they will not meet again.
In 1976, Hannah has taken a new job in Sonoma, California. Jeffrey is the one that helps Ben with the leap, but Hannah and Ben meet one last time before his leap and are able to say goodbye.[8]
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- ↑ Closure Encounters
- ↑ Secret History
- ↑ Nomad
- ↑ Off the Cuff
- ↑ Family Treasure
- ↑ Against Time
- ↑ As the World Burns
- ↑ Against Time